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The White House said on Friday that implementation of the Indo-Pacific strategy has made the United States and key regions more secure and prosperous, and expanded the bilateral partnership with India in an unprecedented way.

“The United States is in a stronger position than ever before in global affairs,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of the Biden administration’s landmark foreign policy strategy. Indo-Pacific”.

“Over the past two years, we have made historic progress in advancing an Indo-Pacific that is free, open, connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient. Under President Biden’s leadership, the United States is in an ever stronger position in the Indo-Pacific.” Indo-Pacific,” she said.

Watson said that in the two years since the launch of the Indo-Pacific strategy, the United States has reinvested and reinvigorated alliances and partnerships and pushed them to new heights.

“We have deepened and upgraded our alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines and Thailand. We have upgraded our bilateral relations with Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as our partnership with ASEAN. We have expanded our partnership with India. “We have taken An unprecedented way. We have stepped up our efforts in the Pacific, including holding two historic summits for Pacific Island leaders at the White House and establishing the Blue Pacific Partnership,” she said.

She said that President Biden hosted the historic U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral summit at Camp David, opening a new chapter for this important partnership.

Under his leadership, the United States elevated the Quad summit with Australia, India and Japan to a leadership-level summit and achieved concrete results for the Indo-Pacific region, from vaccines to maritime awareness student scholarships, she said.

“Three of the four official state visits President Biden has hosted have been with leaders of the Indo-Pacific nations: South Korea, India, and Australia. This year, the President will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. We are also committed to the cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the Philippines historic cooperation,” Watson said.

“We are also building closer links between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, including through the launch of AUKUS, the historic partnership between Australia, the UK and the US,” she said.

Today, both Europe and the Indo-Pacific recognize that opportunities and challenges in one region directly impact the other, she said.

“We have seen historic support from some of our Indo-Pacific partners as Ukraine resists Russia’s brutal invasion. We have also seen the support of our European partners as we work to address North Korea’s direct military support to Russia. Endorsement. “War in Ukraine,” she said.

In just two years, the implementation of the Indo-Pacific strategy has made “our country and the Indo-Pacific region safer and more prosperous.”

“All of this strengthens the United States’ position in the Indo-Pacific and advances our interests and vision in the region in strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China. Even as we face challenges elsewhere, the United States will proudly continue Prioritize our work in this critical region for the sake of our future,” Watson said.

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