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It's a demonstration of the collective commitment of all countries to the Quad, an iron-clad commitment in this time where close cooperation in the Indo-Pacific is so important,
Wong said on Sunday of the foreign ministers' invitation to Washington Our focus is very much on how do we continue to deliver on AUKUS, because we do believe that capability is so important for deterrence, which is the way in which you can secure peace,
I think the meeting was a short discussion. Obviously, it went well, as can be seen by the fact that this invitation (to Trump’s inauguration) has been extended.”
Asked how the meeting went and whether she was confident of a good working relationship, Wong replied It’s one example of how we can leverage the power of these partnerships with allies … to reach outcomes and objectives, such as creating a geopolitical and strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond,
said the Florida senator, who would become Wong’s counterpart if, as expected, his nomination is confirmed by Congress I don’t know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty. I hear he’s not the brightest bulb,
Trump said when with the comments in an interview with former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage on Britain’s right-leaning GB News We’ve seen the AUKUS legislation shepherded through, we’ve seen this visit organised, we’ve seen the invitation to the inauguration for both me and also ambassador Rudd. I think that speaks for itself,
she added of the relationship between the two countries If you look at how I and others have spoken about the challenge and opportunity that China presents, including for the stability of the region, I think there’s a lot of similarity in the way in which we can discuss China,
The real open question for the Palestinians is who will govern in Gaza in the short term and who will ultimately govern? Will it be the Palestinian Authority or some other entity? Because it has to be someone.”
The Chinese have basically concluded that America is sort of a tired, great power in decline. That they are on a path over the next 20 or 30 years to naturally supplant us, irrespective of what happens. And I think their preference is to not have any trade and/or armed conflict in the interim, because I think they might interrupt what they believe is a natural progression.”
Rubio, famed as a China hawk, insisted he Should the role of the United States and Nato in the 21st century be the primary defence role or as a backstop to aggression, with countries in the region assuming more of that responsibility by contributing more?”
Only once did he hint at a bigger security recasting when he asked There are implications to abandoning partners who, at great sacrifice and threat, actually jailed the Isis [Islamic State] fighters. One of the reasons why we were able to dismantle Isis was because they were willing to host them in jails, at great personal threat to them.”
Refering to the Syrian Defence Forces, he said It would be a mistake to go in with a cold war mentality of pick a side and pick a side now.”
In seeking alliances against China in the Indo-Pacific, for instance, he said Putin’s goal now is to have maximum leverage so that he can basically impose neutrality on Ukraine, retrofit and come back and do this again in four or five years. And that’s not an outcome I think any of us would favour.” ... Even if the conflict were to end, there needs to be the capability of Ukraine to defend itself.” ... That does not sound like a neutral Ukraine left without security guarantees.”
He added ... Pressed to ... A British official said When we came in, we inherited partnerships and alliances that were seriously frayed,
Blinken told The Associated Press on Friday
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