THE QUADRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE

region.4 Accordingly, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum summit held in the Philippines in August 2007, the four nations met to discuss options for further engagement. Later that year, they participated, along with Singapore, in major naval exercises, a development which drew criticism from China.5

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