The Quad is a diplomatic network between Australia, India, Japan and the US. Blinken also said US partnerships in the Indo-Pacific have never been stronger.
Blinken will talk 'about the way forward' in Israel following several days of shuttle diplomacy between Arab states. Israel-Hamas conflict has raised concerns of a wider regional war.
Antony Blinken said that the US had no objection to China's engagement with the region until its investments are transparent and undertaken with sustainable finance.
Blinken likely to meet with officials in Beijing on 18 June. Washington's top diplomat scrapped planned trip earlier this year over suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US.
Powell, who was fighting multiple myeloma, needed as many people around him as possible to be vaccinated to diminish his chances of encountering the virus.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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