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'Quad' nations ready to work with others for free, open Indo-Pacific: US

Washington has been pushing for closer collaboration among the members of the so-called Quad grouping as a bulwark against China's growing regional influence

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China has denounced the Quad as an attempt to contain its development and urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality".

Reuters New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Oct 12 2020 | 11:17 PM IST

An informal grouping bringing together India, Australia and Japan with the United States could be opened to other countries that support a "free and open Indo-Pacific region", U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun said on Monday.

Washington has been pushing for closer collaboration among the members of the so-called Quad grouping as a bulwark against China's growing regional influence.

"The Quad is a partnership driven by shared interests, not binding obligations, and is not intended to be an exclusive grouping," Beigun said in remarks prepared for delivery at an India-U.S. forum in Delhi, where he was beginning a three-day

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