QUAD Summit: As China Slams US For Its 'Belligerence' In Taiwan, Quad Leaders Say Forceful Alteration Of Indo-Pacific Status Quo Unacceptable

The leaders of the QUAD, comprising the US, India, Japan and Australia, during a virtual summit on Thursday voiced a unified position denouncing attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo in the Indo-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. "Unilateral changes to the status quo by force or coercion like the recent Russian aggression against #Ukraine are also unacceptable in the Indo-Pacific region. It is critically important for us to bring about a free and open Indo-Pacific," Kishida was quoted as saying by his office on Twitter. The Quad's joint readout echoed this position, saying the four met to…