China has hosted meeting with ASEAN Ministers with message for Quad

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China is hosting virtual meeting of ASEAN ministers on 7th and 8th June trying for financial cooperation and aligning COVID-19 restoration despite its criticism from Quad members.

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This meet was mark of 30th anniversary of relations and similarly ‘focus on combating COVID-19, promoting economic recovery, [and] better dovetail[ing] strategic plans.’

Discussion will also be about vaccine passport between China and ASEAN members and also about Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. China’s focus is possible on deepening financial relations after the signing of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) commerce deal.

China assumes that it is the US who has prompted Philippines and Malaysia to raise dispute over South China sea dispute and it also forces ASEAN countries to confront China.

China has termed Quad grouping as an ‘Asian NATO’ that has been criticized by group members.

QUAD

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is an informal strategic alliance between the United States, Japan, Australia and India that is maintained by talks between member countries. The diplomatic and military arrangement was widely viewed as a response to increased Chinese economic and military power, and the Chinese government responded to the Quadrilateral dialogue by issuing formal diplomatic protests to its members.