US, India, Japan, Australia for ASEAN-led mechanism to promote rules-based order in Indo-Pacific | World News, The Indian Express

US, India, Japan, Australia for ASEAN-led mechanism to promote rules-based order in Indo-Pacific | World News, The Indian Express

By PTI |Washington |Published: June 1, 2019 5:16:12 pm

US, India, Japan, Australia for ASEAN-led mechanism to promote rules-based order in Indo-Pacific

China has been trying to expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific, which is a biogeographic region, comprising the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, including the South China Sea.

The ASEAN region along with India accounts for 1.85 billion people, which is one fourth of the global population and their combined GDP has been estimated at over USD 3.8 trillion. (Source: MEA/Twitter)

The US, India, Australia and Japan collectively came out in strong support of an ASEAN-led mechanism to preserve and promote rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region where China is flexing its muscles.