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USA, Japan, India and Australia create Asian NATO

USA, Japan, India and Australia create Asian NATO

Telegram channel "Lu Man: Looking East ”talks about US attempts to create an Asian NATO, first US-China talks, forming an alternative government in Myanmar, and the fight against terrorism in Thailand and the communists in the Philippines.

Asian-Pacific area

12 march US leaders, Japan, For the first time in history, India and Australia held talks via videoconference within the framework of the Quadripartite Security Dialogue (Quad).

Participants discussed a large list of regional issues, including maintaining "rule-based order" in the East China and South China Seas, Sino-Australian relations problems, Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands controversy, border confrontation between New Delhi and Beijing. The four heads of state also pledged to work together to restore democracy in Myanmar and work towards the complete denuclearization of North Korea..

An agreement was reached on the creation of three special working groups. The first will deal with the development and setting of standards for new technologies, including 5G and artificial intelligence. The second is designed to coordinate cooperation in combating the effects of climate change in accordance with the Paris Agreement. And the third will carry out a joint program for vaccination against COVID-19.

India will have to produce 1 billion doses of Johnson vaccine & Johnson with financial support from the USA and Japan. Australia will help with logistics, and distribution of the vaccine is planned to the countries of the Indo-Pacific region and, perhaps, Africa.

Another joint US initiative, Japan, India and Australia - Strengthening Rare Earth Supply Cooperation. This market is now dominated by China. earlier it was reported, that Beijing is exploring the option of banning or significantly limiting the export of critical resources for defense production in response to attempts by Washington and its allies to curb China's technological development.

China was not explicitly mentioned in the first joint statement following the Quadripartite Security Dialogue Summit, although almost all the issues discussed and the proposed programs in one way or another relate to the problem of countering the growing influence of Beijing in the region.

In less than two months, the new administration Joe Biden made significant progress in the creation of the US quasi-union, Japan, Australia and India counterbalance the rise of China.

One of the important results of the last meeting was the great involvement of India, who previously avoided formal alliances against the PRC, maintaining a more neutral position.

“Today's summit shows, that Quad has reached maturity. Now it will remain an important pillar of stability in the region ", - said the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Continuing Efforts to Strengthen Traditional Alliances in Asia U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and defense minister Lloyd Austin plan to visit Japan and South Korea next week, what will be the first overseas visit of senior officials of the Biden administration.

Blinken and Austin to hold 2 + 2 meetings with their Korean and Japanese counterparts and discuss cooperation on COVID-19, changing of the climate, coordination of policy towards North Korea, promoting human rights and the rule of law, as well as "efforts to contain countries, that violate commitments and challenge our interests and values ​​". Such countries mean, first of all, China.

Prime Minister of Japan Yesihide Suga will speak separately with American officials. On Friday he stated, that he intends to visit Washington in the first half of April and hold talks with President Joe Biden. If everything goes according to plan, Suga will become the first foreign leader, who will meet with the new President of the United States in person.

After Japan and South Korea, Lloyd Austin will go to India. At a meeting with the Minister of Defense Rajnat Singh and other senior national security officials are slated to "discuss deepening bilateral defense partnerships and promoting cooperation between countries to create a free and open Indo-Pacific region.".

China

18-19 In March, Anchorage, Alaska, will host the first meeting between senior representatives of the United States and China. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan will hold talks with a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee Yang Jiechi and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Van I.

At the same time, the parties evaluate the upcoming event differently., which indicates significant differences in views on US-China relations in general.

"Invited by the United States, China will hold a high-level strategic dialogue with the American side in the coming days.", - said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Zhao Lijian.

In response, Blinken said, that this is not a strategic dialogue and at the moment the United States does not intend to hold a series of follow-up meetings. Sullivan described the meeting as an opportunity to clarify "fundamental interests and values ​​of Washington", not as a forum for discussing specific details. The conversation will cover many strategic issues, including Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Taiwan and China's Tensions with Other Quadripartite Security Dialogue Countries.

In turn, Zhao also announced the list of, what, according to Beijing, must comply with the USA.

“We ask the United States to view China and China-US relations objectively and rationally., reject cold war mentality and zero sum games, respect China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and also stop interfering in the internal affairs of China ", - noted the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

Myanmar

Confrontation between the military government and supporters continues Aun San Suu Kyi and her party "National League for Democracy", who organized the Civil Disobedience Movement. More than one died in the street clashes 70 human.

"Committee, representing Pietaunza Hluto " (CRPH) chose Man Vin Khajn Tana interim vice president and entrusted him with the functions of the head of state. So about 380 members of the Myanmar parliament, elected in elections 8 November 2020 of the year, trying to form an alternative military government.

Christian and ethnic Karen, Man Win Khain Tan formerly speaker of the upper house of parliament. He is also a grandson I'm going to China, who stood at the origins of modern Myanmar statehood as a member of the transitional cabinet of ministers headed by General Aung San.

CRPH is also in talks with several ethnic armed organizations. (EVO), trying to enlist their support.

11 March Kachin Independence Army (THAT) attacked a Myanmar military outpost in the Phakant area of ​​Kachin state. Earlier it was also reported about clashes between the Myanmar military and the National Karen Union. (KNU). Both EVOs supported the members of the Civil Disobedience Movement, but agreed to provide them with protection only on their territory.

At the same time, the military authorities canceled the decision to recognize the Army of Arakan (AA) the terrorist organization, since she "no longer commits any terrorist acts".

From November 2020 years between the armed forces of Myanmar and AA, which operates in Rakhine State, ceasefire remains. There is reason to believe, that the military agreed to legalize the group and allow it to participate in the next elections as a political force.

Singapore

Serviceman Amirull Ali was detained by law enforcement officers on suspicion of preparing an attack on Jews in the largest synagogue in Singapore. 20-summer Singaporean also wanted to go to Gaza, to join the military wing of Hamas in its fight against Israel.

Amirullah's interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict arose in 2014 year after watching the video, in which Palestinians are bombed by Israeli aircraft. Further reading of Internet resources and radical literature on the topic formed a strong conviction, that Israel oppresses the Palestinians.

As a result, a young man decided to commit a terrorist attack with a knife in a synagogue on Vateloo Street.. After that, he planned to publish a manifesto on the Internet, “To induce all oppressed people to attack tyrannical regimes, using any means necessary, including murder and lynching ".

This is the second case of an impending attack in Singapore this year.. A 16-year-old schoolboy was arrested in January, who intended to attack two mosques in the city.

Thailand

12 In March, security forces prevented a car bomb explosion near a police station in the Raman district of Yala province in the south of the country.

Two homemade bombs, made from 10 kg gas cylinders, were found in a parked pickup truck, which terrorists hijacked on the morning of the same day. Another small explosive device was found in a trash can next to the car.

The police and military are currently looking for five men., suspects of belonging to the separatist group "Runda Kumpulan Kecil" (Small patrol units, RKK). The structure was founded in 2000 year by young Salafis from the largest radical Islamist organization "National Revolutionary Front" (BRN). About 500 militants divided into small and very closed groups, who act like special forces, previously completed military training in Indonesia.

Philippines

7 In March, Philippine police conducted a series of raids against left-wing activists and insurgents in four provinces of the country's main island, Luzon. As a result, nine people were killed and six more arrested.. This was the largest action against the communist movement during the presidency. Rodrigo Duterte.

Among those killed is the coordinator of the provincial branch of the leftist movement "New Patriotic Alliance" (Lady), which is represented in Congress.

The police said, that she found explosives and various firearms from the suspects. Human rights defenders, in its turn, consider, that law enforcement officers planted everything in order to accuse ordinary activists of crimes. The media dubbed the incident "Bloody Sunday".

The raids took place just two days after, how Duterte ordered the security forces to end the communist uprising, which lasts from 1969 of the year.

"If a collision occurs, and you will see, that they are armed, kill, kill them, ignore human rights… This is my order. I will go to jail. No problem with that. I have no doubt, what i do then, what should ", - said the President of the Philippines.

South Korea

South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement to increase Seoul spending on the maintenance of US troops for 13,9% to 1,03 billion dollars a year.

The proposed six-year agreement will replace the previous agreement, which expired at the end 2019 of the year. This will remove a major irritant in US-South Korean relations.. The negotiations dragged on, as the administration of former US President Donald Trump demanded too much increase in the share of Seoul and threatened to reduce the number of its military.

The new agreement shows, that the Biden administration is focusing on building closer relationships with its allies in Asia, what should help contain China.

Commander of the American military contingent on the Korean Peninsula (USFK) Robert Abrams also stated, that the United States plans to deploy two more missile defense systems in South Korea this year. The Americans have not yet reported any details on this., and with Seoul, apparently, no consultations have been held yet.

Author: Lu Man: East look

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