China slams Quad ahead of 1st in-person summit in US, says ‘doomed to fail’

China on Friday criticised Quad summit, saying the formation of “exclusive closed cliques” runs against the trend of times, and it is “doomed to fail”.

Ahead of the first in-person Quad summit among the leaders of the US, India, Japan and Australia in Washington, China on Friday criticised the grouping, saying the formation of “exclusive closed cliques” runs against the trend of times, and it is “doomed to fail”.

At the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterparts Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga of Japan have gathered in the American capital for the first-ever in-person Quad summit at the White House on Friday.