Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration showed an "iron-clad commitment" to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasized the Quads strong commitment to Indo-Pacific cooperation after meeting her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington. She highlighted the significance of the

By Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with counterparts from Australia, India and Japan on Tuesday, a meeting he said will stress the importance of working with allies "on the things that are important to America and Americans.