Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held one-on-one talks for the first time with newly sworn-in US secretary of state Marco Rubio.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has used her first bilateral meeting with America’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, to build support for the AUKUS partnership and promote closer economic security under a new Trump administration whose agenda has already unnerved close allies.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has sat down with Donald Trump’s new security advisor and Marco Rubio, the first cabinet member to be sworn in.

She will join other foreign ministers from the Quad group in talks with new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at sea.

Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hitting the ground running Tuesday with meetings with his counterparts in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, which includes India,

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has held one-on-one talks for the first time with newly sworn-in US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Quad ministerial meeting of Australia, India, Japan, and the US focused on countering China's influence and maintaining a free Indo-Pacific.

Though the newly appointed State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that the meeting between the two leaders had “affirmed a shared commitment to continue strengthening the partnership” between the US and India, political observers believe Rubio indicated the thorny issue in a subtle way.

Newly appointed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held the first QUAD meeting where the leaders sent a veiled strong message to China by saying that they are commitment to strengthening a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

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