Bangladesh Rebuffs China’s Threat Against Joining US-Led Quad

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China June 29, 2018. Greg Baker/Reuters

Bangladesh’s foreign minister on May 11 rejected remarks by the Chinese ambassador warning the South Asian nation not to participate in the U.S.-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue because it would damage bilateral relations.

The Quad is a four-nation Indo-Pacific alliance led by the United States, along with India, Japan, and Australia. Beijing considers the Quad a “small anti-Beijing club.”