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Al Arabiya News (21 January 2025)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hit the ground running on Tuesday, hosting a meeting in Washington of his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan one day after President Donald Trump started his second term in office.

The meeting of the so-called “Quad”, four countries sharing concerns about China’s growing power, will happen at the State Department and is designed to signal that countering Beijing is a top priority for the new president.

It could also set the stage for the leaders of the Quad countries to hold a summit relatively early in the Trump presidency, a person involved in the planning meetings said.

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