QUAD NATIONS OPEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES THAT SUPPORT FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC: U.S.

Highlights

• Stephen Beigun said the Quad is a partnership driven by shared interests, not binding obligations, and is not intended to be an exclusive grouping

• Beigun also said that the Quad partners could deepen engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and cooperate in defending freedom of the seas

• In order to curb China’s growing regional influence, th....