Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): The United States, on Monday (Local Time), stated that there aren’t any plans of including new members to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) right now.
While answering a media question over the enlargement of QUAD, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated, “The Quad was established two years ago. The Quad is still a relatively young partnership. There are no plans for new members at this time. Quad members have agreed that for now, the focus is on cementing the quad’s many strengths.””However, the Quad welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partners, such as through its Indo-Pacific partners on maritime domain awareness, which is delivering cutting edge maritime domain awareness technology around the region,” she added.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is the grouping of 4 democracies–India, Australia, the US, and Japan–that goals to make sure and assist a “free, open and prosperous” Indo-Pacific area.
Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced that it’ll host the Quad Leaders’ Summit on May 24 in Sydney reiterating that it is going to be an opportunity to work in cooperation with US, Japan and India.
Talking about the identical, Pierre stated, “The May 24th Sydney Summit will showcase other opportunities for the Quad to partner around the region on climate, global health, infrastructure, and more. The Quad’s top priority is ensuring it is well-positioned to deliver for the Indo-Pacific, currently. And so, there’s no conversation on extending or expanding at this time.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be travelling to Australia in May to participate within the Quad management summit.The announcement was made through the joint press convention hosted by Prime Minister Modi together with Australian counterpart in March when the latter was on a four-day go to to India.
“India and Australia are both members of the Quad. I thank PM Albanese for inviting me to Australia for the Quad Leaders’ Summit in May. I have invited him to India for the G20 summit in September,” PM Modi had stated.
The leaders of the Quad group have met on 4 events earlier and their subsequent assembly might be held in Australia. The group’s significance within the area has elevated because of its eager curiosity in sustainable and inclusive financial progress and rising people-to-people connections between Quad members and non-Quad members.
Prime Minister Modi, on a number of events, has highlighted that the Quad is a power of world good and is geared toward growing the area whereas defending the pursuits of all members of the Indo-Pacific area. (ANI)