AUKUS Alliance Current Affairs, GK & News

West Asia Quad Dialogue

June 17, 2022

United States is set to launch a new four-nation dialogue “West Asia Quad Dialogue” with India, United Arab Emirates and Israel, during the visit of President Joe Biden to the region. Highlights The forum will be launched during Joe Biden’s visit to Israel from July 13 to July 16, 2022. Joe Biden is scheduled to ..

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Russia – China Joint Statement

February 6, 2022

The Russian President Vladimr Putin and the Chinese president Xi Jing Pin held a face to face meeting. This is the first time the leaders are meeting in two years. The leaders released a joint statement after the meet. What did the statement say? Russia and China have agreed to oppose the enlargement of NATO. ..

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Japan – Australia Defence Agreement

January 5, 2022

On January 6, 2022, Japan and Australia will sign a defence agreement to boost security and defence cooperation. The signing of the agreement is considered “historic”. This is to anger China. The agreement is to expand Quad agenda. The agreement will reduce Chinese influence in ASEAN. It will aid in achieving free and open Indo ..

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Australia joins US boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

December 8, 2021

On December 8, 2021. Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison announced that, Australia will not send officials to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. Highlights With this move, Australia has joined a US diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics Games. Australia took this decision amid disagreement with China over several issues, ranging from Australia’s foreign interference laws ..

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