Asserting a region is one's backyard implies the region and all the nations within it are possessions. These are sovereign nations, and their independence should be respected. Their votes in the UN weigh just as much as those of the U.S. or Australia. If the U.S. can practice what it preaches in building "an open and free Indo-Pacific," then these countries should be free and open to engage with whichever partners they see fit to offer better solutions to their problems.
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