The four countries said they intend to launch a "Quad maritime legal dialogue" under the Quad Maritime Security Working Group to "focus expertise on international law of the sea issues in support of our efforts to uphold the rules-based maritime order in the Indo-Pacific."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins fellow foreign ministers from Australia, India, and Japan on Monday at the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo to address issues that improve lives in the Indo-Pacific.
A US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting also referred to as the "2+2" in Tokyo today was attended by the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defence Kihara Minoru apart from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed upcoming opportunities to strengthen collaboration between India and the US on shared priorities, according to the statement released by the US State Department.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over Beijing's "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday, reported CNN.
Amid deepening regional tensions between the US and China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi met in Laos on Saturday, and held talks, according to CNN.
The US has frequently expressed its concerns over a growing military alignment between North Korea and Russia and China's purported support for Russia's defence industrial base.
US State Secretary Antony Blinken will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi next week in Laos as the country prepares to host senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), reported Voice of America (VOA).