In response to China’s expanding ambitions, the defense ministers of the United States, Australia, and Japan decided to strengthen military cooperation on Saturday.
As he welcomed his counterparts from Australia and Japan to the US military headquarters for the Pacific region, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, “We are gravely worried by China’s growing assertive and bullying actions in the Taiwan Strait, and elsewhere in the region.
“Our concern is the maintenance of the world’s rule-based order. But as China tries to reshape the world in a way that we haven’t seen before, we can also see that order being challenged in the Indo-Pacific “Richard Marles, an Australian minister, said.
To offset Chinese influence in the region, the United States is stepping up its diplomatic attack.
Washington unveiled a $810 million aid package for Pacific Island countries on Thursday, where it hopes to step up diplomatic ties.
The United States will act fearlessly and without hesitation throughout Asia, including the Taiwan Strait, according to Vice President Kamala Harris, who visited Japan and South Korea last week.
In addition, Harris visited Seoul and the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. Her visit was intended to demonstrate Washington’s dedication to protecting South Korea from North Korea.
