New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): Highlighting the significance of the strategic alliance, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Friday stated that the primary assembly held by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after taking cost was with the QUAD, sending a powerful message to the world.
Addressing a joint press convention together with US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg and US President’s Science and Technology Advisor Michael Kratsios, Gor stated the QUAD stays a prime precedence for Washington and that discussions are actively underway. He added that whereas he didn’t have actual dates, Secretary Rubio can be travelling to India within the coming months as a part of QUAD-related engagements and different initiatives.
‘The QUAD is essential. The first assembly that Secretary Rubio had was with the QUAD. And that sends a message to the world. He did not meet with anybody else. It was the QUAD. So that is one thing we’re absolutely engaged on. We’re actively in talks. I haven’t got actual dates, however Secretary Rubio shall be travelling to India very quickly, in a matter of months. And in order that’ll be a part of the QUAD, together with many different initiatives,’ Sergio Gor informed reporters.
He additional stated that the progress achieved by means of such partnerships is the results of efforts by tons of and hundreds of individuals throughout governments, and that the friendship and relationship between the 2 nations finally assist ship outcomes.
‘Great query. Look, and the achievements, I respect your type phrases, however it takes lots of people. It’s tons of and hundreds of individuals from throughout the federal government. It’s the friendship and the connection between our two nations that finally will get this stuff throughout the end line,’ stated Gor.
Responding to a question on whether or not India’s import of about 2 per cent oil from Venezuela would now be routed by means of the United States and whether or not the dynamics of direct imports had modified, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor stated that discussions had been nonetheless underway and particulars had not but been made public.
Gor stated there are lively negotiations on the problem and that the US Department of Energy is in talks with India’s Ministry of Energy. He added that some elements haven’t been introduced but, however expressed hope that there can be readability quickly.
Earlier on February 14, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday stated that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) Leaders’ Summit was ‘not cancelled’ as a result of it had by no means been formally scheduled. While acknowledging {that a} leaders’ assembly didn’t happen, he cautioned towards overinterpreting that growth.
He was responding to a query on the Munich Security Conference 2026 on whether or not the safety grouping comprising India, the United States, Japan and Australia had misplaced momentum within the absence of a leaders’ summit final 12 months and whether or not the Quad’s unity could possibly be sustained beneath a second Trump administration.
‘The undeniable fact that the QUAD didn’t happen on the summit stage itself, I would not overread it. So do keep tuned,’ Jaishankar stated.He underscored that past high-level political conferences, the Quad’s numerous working teams and institutional mechanisms proceed to operate. ‘The different elements of the Quad-the numerous mechanisms -all of these are happening,’ he stated, signalling that cooperation among the many 4 nations stays intact.
India is meant to host the subsequent QUAD Leaders’ Summit. (ANI)