Biden finally mentions Chinese press’quad’

Talking with Indian Prime Minister Modi to propose’quad’ cooperation
Increased alliance pressure ahead of Xi Jinping and calls
Increased possibility of pressure to join anti-China solidarity on South Korean government

[아시아경제 뉴욕=백종민 특파원] The White House announced that US President Joe Biden spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the “Quad”.

The White House announced the call between the two leaders on the 8th (local time) and said, “President Biden and Prime Minister Modi agree to a freely open Indo-Pacific policy that includes freedom of navigation, territorial integrity, and strengthening of regional power based on quad I said.

Prior to India, President Biden spoke with the leaders of Japan and Australia, which are participating in the quad, but this is the first time that the expression quad has been brought up. Earlier, Secretary of State Tony Blincoln spoke with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, emphasizing the importance of the quad.

The Quad is an anti-China solidarity launched by the United States, including Japan, Australia and India, to combat China.

President Biden expressed his vigilance against China every day, and instead of Chinese President Xi Jinping, he first spoke with the leaders of allies, including quad participants and South Korea. This can be interpreted as a move based on the biden government’s diplomatic and security policy stance of Chinese pressure through the alliance.

Japanese media recently reported that the US is promoting the quad summit.

Since last year, the U.S. has shown intentions to expand the Quad to an Asian regional security system similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). To this end, it has argued that the quad should be expanded to’Quad Plus’ by adding Korea and Vietnam.

In an interview with CBC broadcasted a day ago, President Biden suggested that “Chairman Xi is not democratic,” and “I will call when I have a chance,” and that he is prioritizing the call with the alliance.

White House spokesman Jen Saki also said at a regular briefing today that China was an important topic of conversation when President Biden spoke with the heads of allies in Asia and Europe after taking office.

Saki explained that President Biden has not yet spoken to Xi as “a strategy is to contact the allies first and consult with Congress.”

As the U.S. officially mentioned the quad in the inter-governmental call, the possibility of further increasing pressure on the Moon Jae-in government to expand the quad cannot be ruled out.

White House National Security Council Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a recent lecture that he would inherit and develop the form and operation of the quads conceived by the Trump administration. “(Quad) It will be the basis.”

New York = correspondent Baek Jong-min [email protected]