World War 3 Alert? America Cs ‘Big Gathering’ Near RI

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The United States (US) and its allies who are members of the Quad group will hold a meeting Friday (11/2/2022) in Australia. This meeting was held to discuss the Indo-Pacific partnership to reduce China’s power and also related to Russia’s tensions with Ukraine which dragged the US and NATO.

In a press conference Thursday (10/2/2021), Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Kritenbrink, said Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken was already in Melbourne, Australia. In the future, Blinken targets to achieve even stronger partnerships with Australia, Japan and India.

“The Quad is a key component of US economic and foreign security policy in the Indo-Pacific region … It is through this partnership that we strengthen the security environment in the region to counter aggression and coercion,” he was quoted as saying. Al Jazeera.

The meeting near Indonesia was also acknowledged by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne. He said the four Quad countries would focus on discussing a number of issues ranging from vaccine distribution, cyber technology area, how to fight dangerous disinformation, counterterrorism and security and climate change.

“As a liberal democratic network, we are committed to very practical cooperation and ensuring that all Indo-Pacific countries can make their own strategic decisions and make those decisions free from coercion,” he told radio. ABC Australia.

Meanwhile, observers assess the issue of China will be a special concern of the Quad. A US official said the developing relationship between Beijing and Moscow would be discussed by the defense alliance.

China decided to forge close ties with Moscow amid tensions between the US and its allies and Russia over the Ukraine issue. In fact, Beijing agrees that the Crimea region, which Russia annexed in 2014, is an integral part of Moscow’s rule in what it calls a “no boundaries” treaty.

Currently, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which some observers fear could turn into World War 3 (World War 3) is still heating up. Although France is in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, Moscow today reportedly conducted military exercises with Belarus.

Exercises are carried out until February 20. Russia and Belarus are themselves allies surrounding Ukraine.

The exercise is seen by the West as one of the most threatening elements of the Kremlin’s troop buildup around Ukraine’s borders. Russia is said to have transferred up to 30,000 troops, two battalions of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and a number of fighter jets to Belarus for the joint exercise.

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