washington unite state want meet soon aim revive four-way dialogue japan india australia deepen security cooperation coordinate alternatives regional infrastructure finance offer china senior u.s. official say friday so-called quad discuss cooperate security emerge briefly initiative decade ago much annoyance china saw attempt regional democracies contain advance interview japan nikkei newspaper wednesday japanese foreign minister taro kono propose revive forum say discuss u.s. secretary state rex tillerson australian foreign minister julie bishop sideline regional meet manila august accord nikkei purpose would secure peaceful maritime zone asia africa say japanese prime minister shinzo abe would officially propose dialogue partnership u.s. president donald trump nov. u.s. leader visit japan part asian tour also take china alice well washington act assistant secretary state south asia tell reporters accompany tillerson visit india washington look work level quadrilateral meet near term quadrilateral japanese foreign minister discuss would build productive trilateral india japan say well say idea bring together countries share value reinforce value global architecture explore ways deepen try inculcate value freedom navigation maritime security humanitarian assistance disaster response transparency obviously australia would natural partner effort well reject idea forum would aim contain china alarm asia-pacific countries pursuit territory south china sea launch major initiatives develop regional infrastructure say would seek coordinate alternatives nations seek investment infrastructure economic development include predatory finance unsustainable debt hard see meet diplomats four countries plan contain china say natural progression convergence interest democratic countries indo-pacific region tillerson say visit india washington saw room invite others include australia join u.s.-india-japan security cooperation create alternatives chinese finance saddle countries enormous debts fail create job u.s. seek meet soon revive asia-pacific 'quad security forum