The new President-elect 2020, Joe Biden has already begun planning out for a better future for the Americans and their relations with other countries. On Wednesday, November 11, Biden had talked with the leaders of Japan, Australia, and South Korea to maintain a peaceful and steady Indo-Pacific region. The leaders from the 3 countries had given congratulatory calls to the President-elect for his astonishing victory in the US Presidential elections 2020.

As per the call readouts issued by the transition team, he had discussed this matter with Yoshihide Suga, the Prime Minister of Japan, Moon Jae, the President of South Korea, and Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister of Australia.

In his discussion with PM Suga, Biden emphasized his desires to strengthen the US-Japan relationship and expressed his commitment to the US-Japan commitment under Article V. According to the call readouts, he also thanked Suga for congratulating him for winning the elections and had complimented the PM in turn for his unshakable leadership in Japan.

During his call with Moon Jae, Biden underscored his wish to build up a stronger alliance between South Korea and the US focusing on developing a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. He had discussed working together on some of the shared challenges such as Climate change and North Korea, along with developing a strong alliance to strengthen democracy. Biden also congratulated Moon for handling the Covid-19 pandemic with utter determination as a strong and dedicated leader.

Australia and US have a common-shared history and value as mentioned by Joe Biden in his talks with the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, as per the readouts of their call. He discussed how the two countries have always supported each other constantly since the time of World War I. The two leaders focused upon working together against some of the common challenges such as Climate change, Covid-19 pandemic, global economic recovery, and development of a secure Indo-Pacific region.

Joe Biden became the new President-elect on November 8, 2020, after receiving 290 electoral college votes, defeating Donald Trump in the election battle.

The author is a student member of Amity Centre of Happiness