She will join other foreign ministers from the Quad group in talks with new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Wong attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington, and will join other foreign ministers from the Quad group for talks with Donald Trump's top diplomat on Wednesday .READ MORE:Ahead of the meeting, Wong called bilateral ties with the US "our most important strategic relationship" and said she was happy a meeting of the Quad nations was being held so soon after the inauguration.
Rubio is also expected to hold separate talks with Wong and the other foreign ministers over the coming hours. Even though security is only part of the mix, the Quad is a major component of the American strategy to counter China's growing assertiveness and vast territorial claims in the region, including to virtually all of the strategically important South China Sea and the democratic self-governing island of Taiwan.Marco Rubio, the new US Secretary of State.
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