International relationsQuad countries agree to expand Indo-Pacific cyber, maritime initiatives
Australia, India, Japan, U.S. 'seriously concerned' about East and South China seas
From left, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose as they attend a Quad foreign ministers' meeting in Tokyo on July 29. © Reuters
ALICE FRENCH, Nikkei staff writer
July 29, 2024 09:52 JST
Updated on July 29, 2024 19:35 JST
TOKYO -- Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. stressed unity and vowed to expand collaboration on cyber and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific at a meeting in Tokyo on Monday, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed as "a moment of unprecedented strategic alignment."