Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and fellow “Quad” nations, just a day after the Trump administration was sworn into office.
Wong was in Washington D.C. to be part of the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which was followed by critical meetings on dealing with the threat from Beijing.
“It was very warm and constructive. It was the first official engagement or first official bilateral engagement—obviously we had the Quad meeting ahead of that,” Wong said in a press conference.
“We spoke about our shared interest and ambition, the strength of our alliance, the importance of our economic partnership, the work we’re doing together with the United Kingdom through AUKUS, and of course critical minerals which has been an issue that he and the president have spoken about.”…