▲The "Quadruple Security Dialogue" (Quad) composed of the United States, Japan, India and Australia held a conference call. Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said that the four foreign ministers have reached a consensus that Myanmar must quickly return to democracy. File photo. (Photo / Associated Press / Dazhi Image)
World View News: The "Quadruple Security Dialogue" (Quad) composed of the United States, Japan, India and Australia held a conference call today. Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said that the foreign ministers of the four countries have There is consensus that Myanmar must quickly return to democracy.
Myanmar's military has arrested civilian leaders, including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi , and declared a year-long state of emergency, alleging that last November's election was marred by fraud. The electoral commission dismissed the military's complaint. Motegi Toshimitsu made this statement after a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne. Japan held a meeting in Tokyo in October last year with the personal participation of the foreign ministers of the four countries involved in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
Today’s meeting is the first since the new US President Biden (Joe Biden) took office. Motegi Toshimitsu noted: “I stressed (at the meeting) that as the existing international order continues to face challenges in various fields, those of us who share fundamental values and are firmly committed to strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law must play a role "The role will only become more and more important." Other ministers have the same view, and the four ministers also reached a consensus and strongly opposed unilateral attempts to use force to change the status quo.
