President Joe Biden said in Asia that he was able to “form” the “Quad” group that includes Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. Although he has helped revitalize the group, it was created in the early 2000s and was resurrected under President Donald Trump.
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2011
"Revitalization of the group began in 2017 and has accelerated since 2020," the nonpartisan Congressional Research ServiceThe Congressional Research Service credits Biden with having"boosted the profile" of the Quad and continuing the revitalization that began under Trump. In 2020, Australia was added to joint naval exercises with the other members.
The White House told PolitiFact that Biden wasn’t referring to the Quad’s creation. Instead, he was highlighting his administration’s efforts to focus the Quad on regular leader-level meetings, which had not been held before 2021.Biden said he was"able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
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