The United States (US), working with its partners and allies is going to hold China “accountable” in the region and also press Beijing to follow the rules on a range of issues, including the South China Sea, President Joe Biden has said.

Addressing his first formal news conference in the White House on Thursday, Biden referred to his recent meeting with leaders of the Quad countries involving India, Australia and Japan and said that soon he is going to invite an alliance of democracies to come to Washington DC to “discuss the future”.