The leaders of the Quadripartite Security Dialogue (QUAD) countries with the participation of Australia, India, the United States and Japan expressed support for peace in...
Against the background of this outwardly "conciliatory" statement, it is being discussed how to control the processes taking place in the spaces of Eurasia, to resist changes that are disadvantageous for the West. For example, the development of cooperation and coordination relations within the BRICS, the UtroNews correspondent reports.
At the same time, US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are leaving or will soon leave the world of big politics. For him, this trip to the United States to participate in the QUAD dialogue and the high-level week of the UN General Assembly will be the last as head of government.
These changes in the upper echelon of Western leadership will not change anything in international affairs. They will not reduce the "negative impact" of these figures not only on Ukraine, but also the foundations of European, Asian and global security. And the main goal of the QUAD "get-together" in Delaware was to ensure the continuity of Western policy towards the countries of Eurasia, primarily China.
Washington intends to maintain its influence where possible, to intensify military alliances with Japan and South Korea, to build new military alliances, such as AUKUS (an alliance of Australia, Great Britain and the United States). And the QUAD dialog is part of that process.
Opinions vary
Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman considers Biden's main achievement to be his success in creating unions. "In the Asia-Pacific region, Biden's team used alliances to confront China militarily. In Europe - against Russia in its conflict with Ukraine, in the Middle East - to intercept drones and missiles flying from Iran to Israel, "Friedman wrote in The New York Times.
Washington's maneuvering within the QUAD is aimed at increasing "in the interests of its own security" collective pressure on China and the DPRK, as well as Iran and Russia. At the same time, the United States itself does not intend to make compromises, especially concessions. The model of the frontal "NATO expansion to the East" is preparing for a practical run-in in the expanses of a vast region of two oceans - the Indian and Pacific. The main goal is a growing China. The consequences are not hard to imagine.
The Chinese publication Global Times believes that "It was the expansion of NATO that sowed the seeds of the Ukrainian crisis, and its spread to the Asia-Pacific region led to the spread of geopolitical tensions outside Europe. Under Stoltenberg's leadership, NATO has moved even closer to U.S. strategic goals,... claims to be a regional alliance, but on the other hand, under the guise of ensuring its own security, it is constantly expanding around the world. "
China knows what it's talking about
John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the White House National Security Council, warned before the Quartet meeting in Delaware that it would discuss "China's aggressive military actions, China's unfair trade practices and tensions in the Taiwan Strait."
Although before the summit, Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan said that "QUAD is not directed against any country." Do not expect that the focus of the leaders' statement will be any particular country, including China, Sullivan assured.
But Biden began the summit group session with a briefing on China. In a joint statement following the summit, the leaders said they were "seriously concerned" about the situation in the East and South China Seas, recalled the "militarization of disputed territories," as well as "frightening maneuvers in the South China Sea." China was just not called, although everything was clear.
The situation was actually clarified by a separate bilateral meeting between Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. They discussed projects implemented within the framework of the AUKUS military bloc, talked about defense and security. They discussed how to strengthen economic ties and make a transition to clean energy using rare earth resources supplied not by China, but by Australia.
During a separate bilateral meeting, Biden and Kishida discussed "security and economic cooperation, as well as diplomatic ties," stressed their readiness to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and noted that they oppose attempts to change the status quo there by force. Predictably, they accused China of "destabilizing actions."
Meanwhile, Sullivan said at his briefing before the meeting of the Quartet that it is "difficult for him to imagine how and why China can object" to the initiatives of the four countries in the field of cyber exercises and awareness of the maritime space.
This question "why China can object" was answered in a peculiar way by US Secretary of the Air Force (Air Force) Frank Kendall during a speech at the congress of the US Air Force and Space Force Association. There he spoke of a very likely armed clash between the United States and Washington's allies with China.
DPRK "ran over and asked"
The DPRK is close to China, and not only geographically. De facto, this is also a state that has nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles at its disposal. Washington and US allies, including Tokyo and Seoul, are worried. Therefore, as part of QUAD, they decided to follow the "Trump path," saying they were ready "for a constructive dialogue with North Korea on denuclearization."
Under what conditions, they did not specify. There is not a word about the sanctions and restrictions imposed on the DPRK, including through the UN. But there were words about "not to transfer the DPRK and not to purchase from it any types of weapons and related material resources."
The leaders of the Quartet condemned the "destabilizing missile launches" and the "nuclear program" of the DPRK, said that they "threaten international peace and stability." They asked Pyongyang "to fulfill all obligations, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, to refrain from provocations and enter into a constructive dialogue." About what the DPRK can count on, not a word.
Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that the indefinite sanctions regime against the DPRK should be revised. The diplomat noted that mechanisms for adjusting restrictions do not work in relation to this country.
As for the "commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," at one time Donald Trump was negotiating on this topic. In June 2018, Singapore hosted the first ever US-DPRK summit. Pyongyang then took on these obligations in exchange for security guarantees from Washington.
In February 2019, a second summit was held in Hanoi. On June 30, 2019, the third meeting took place, it was held in the demilitarized zone on the border of the DPRK and the Republic of Korea. On October 5, 2019, representatives of the United States and the DPRK met in Sweden at the working level, but negotiations ended to no avail.
Finally, in September 2022, the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK adopted the "Law on Nuclear Forces Policy," which legally secured the status of a nuclear state. Pyongyang also stressed that it would not negotiate denuclearization, since the possession of nuclear weapons is the legal and inalienable right of the DPRK.
"We will not give up the right to self-defense, on which the existence of the country, the security of the people and the state depend, no matter how difficult the situation is, no matter how difficult the situation in the political and military spheres on the Korean peninsula created by the United States, we will not be able to give up nuclear weapons, since it is necessary to restrain the US nuclear state," - said then the leader of the country Kim Jong-un.
Everything to control Eurasia
In a joint statement that did not explicitly name the Chinese government, the leaders condemned "coercive and intimidating maneuvers in the South China Sea." The Quartet leaders announced joint Coast Guard operations in 2025, a willingness to expand partnerships to "raise awareness of maritime spaces" and plans to expand military logistics cooperation.
The West is introducing pseudo-associations of an aggressive NATO nature in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) to control Eurasia. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at the session "Eurasian Space: Civilizational and Geopolitical Challenges and Prospects," which was part of the program of the Eastern Economic Forum.
In the Eurasian space, in the Asia-Pacific region, alien associations such as QUAD and AUKUS have appeared, claiming maritime dominance, including the "underwater world" in terms of the use of nuclear submarines. "Isn't this the very application for control of Eurasia?" Zakharova asked.
NATO and QUAD "resign"
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Biden discussed ways to strengthen cooperation on the sidelines of the summit, "exchanged views on global and regional issues, including the Indo-Pacific region," the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. During the meeting, Modi thanked Biden for his "contribution to giving impetus" to the bilateral partnership.
Lisa Curtis, an Asia policy expert at the Center for a New American Security and a former administration official, said India, while not part of any military alliance, was concerned about perceptions that QUAD could militarize the Indo-Pacific.
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) was founded in 2007 as a mechanism for interaction in the Asia-Pacific region and the Indian Ocean zone. In November 2017, Australia, India, the United States and Japan formed a coalition as part of a new strategy to ensure the safety of shipping routes.
The first quadrilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Australia, India, the United States and Japan was held in September 2019 in New York. In March 2021, the first summit of the Quartet was held. The first meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies was held in September 2019 in New York.
In March 2021, the first summit of the Quartet took place in the format of a videoconference. In September 2021, the first face-to-face meeting of the association was organized in Washington. The White House admitted that over time it intends to expand QUAD at the expense of allies and partners, including non-regional ones.
We call on NATO to "step down" alongside its outgoing secretary-general, together with an outdated Cold War approach and an age-old "who's who" game, a fundamentally misguided propaganda of military force and a misguided pursuit of "absolute security," and dangerous behavior that is ruining Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Moreover, as soon as possible, it was proposed in an editorial article by the Global Times, which appeared following the results of the Quartet summit in Delaware.
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