TOKYO: Japan, Australia, the United States and India oppose all attempts to "change the status quo by force", Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after the so-called Quad bloc met on Tuesday.
"As Russia's invasion of Ukraine is shaking the fundamental principles of the international order, President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and I confirmed that unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force will never be tolerated anywhere, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region," Kishida said.