The Quad summit scheduled in Sydney on 24 May was
cancelled due to the last minute announcement that US President
Biden will not be doing a stopover in Australia from the G7 talks
in Hiroshima, Japan, 19-22 May. No US replacement for Biden
was announced. Instead, the Quad war summit of 4 heads of
states and governments US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was moved to the
sidelines of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima.
It appears the decision to move the meeting to the sidelines of
G7 was made unilaterally by the US. The US is the major
player in the war mongering Quad.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, (Quad) is a military and
economic grouping brought together to contain Chinas economic
development and growth. China is challenging US economic
supremacy in the region.
Since the 2011 US military Pivot into Asia-Pacific the US has
expanded and intensified the militarisation of the region with the
support of governments of Japan and Australia.
The Quad is a war grouping to uphold the global US rules based
order in the Indo-Pacific. It will not bring peace and
prosperity to the people of this region.
Like AUKUS, the Quad is an instrument of aggression and war,
intensifying military and political tensions in the region,
dragging the people of this region into an unjust imperialist
war.
The people of Australia and Asia-Pacific do not want to be
dragged into another US led war between the super
powers. The people want peace, secure livelihoods, a
clean and safe environment.
Polls show that the majority of the Australian people do not
support Australia following the US into a war with China. A
recent Lowy Institute Poll shows more than half do not support
Australia siding with either the US or China, and want the
Australian government to be neutral. A strong majority of
young people said they want Australia to be neutral in the event of
war breaking out between the 2 rival super powers.
The Australian Anti-AUKUS C...