New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): India on Tuesday mentioned that Quad’s existence ‘shouldn’t be as a result of we have to tackle a specific geography’s considerations’ and that the four-nation grouping has been working for a really very long time and has been delivering tasks.
At a briefing after the Quad Foreign Ministers’ assembly that concluded right here earlier within the day, MEA Additional Secretary (AMS – USA & Canada) Nagaraj Naidu recalled that Quad international locations had come collectively to ship vaccines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Quad’s existence shouldn’t be as a result of we have to tackle a specific geography’s considerations. I feel the Quad got here collectively method again in 2004. This is 2026; The Quad has been working for a really very long time. And as we all the time hold saying, our focus throughout the Quad has been to ship sensible tasks,’ Naidu mentioned.
‘The Quad has come collectively on the time of the COVID pandemic, how the Quad got here collectively and had the pandemic response that was put collectively within the supply of vaccines. Similarly, I feel loads of companions do not realise that should you take a look at a few of our earlier reality sheets, India, by way of the Quad platform, we’re delivering off-grid photo voltaic tasks all alongside East Africa,’ he added.
He was responding to a query about China’s response on the references to the Indo-Pacific within the Quad joint statemement.
‘India, by way of the Quad platform, we’re delivering off-grid photo voltaic tasks all alongside East Africa. We are additionally doing tasks in Fiji. So I do not suppose there’s all the time an try to maybe paint Quad in a specific method,’ he mentioned.
In its joint assertion, the Quad Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their dedication to trusted and resilient infrastructure and introduced plans to work with the Government of Fiji to advance port infrastructure and related actions within the nation.
India had hosted Quad Ports of the Future Partnership Conference hosted by India in October 2025.
Naidu spoke about Quad’s efforts to enlarge the event agenda.
‘Quad, should you take a look at what we do, the Quad actions are all the time knowledgeable, all our paperwork are publicly obtainable, and should you take a look at the type of paperwork we’re bringing out, we’re enlarging the scope of the developmental agenda,’ the MEA Additional Secretary added.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Tuesday mentioned that Beijing is against ‘unique groupings’ and ‘bloc confrontation’, saying cooperation between international locations ought to contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity and mustn’t goal any third occasion.
‘China has acknowledged its place on Quad on a number of events. Cooperation between international locations needs to be conducive to regional peace, stability and prosperity and never goal any third occasion. We oppose forming unique groupings or partaking in bloc confrontation,’ Mao mentioned.
Quad joint assertion voiced severe concern over the scenario within the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
‘We stay critically involved concerning the scenario within the East China Sea and the South China Sea. We reiterate our robust opposition to any destabilising or unilateral actions, together with by pressure or coercion, that threaten peace and stability within the area,’ the assertion learn.
‘We specific our severe considerations concerning harmful and coercive actions, together with interference with offshore useful resource growth, the repeated obstruction of freedom of navigation and overflight, and the damaging manoeuvres by army plane and coast guard and maritime militia vessels, particularly the unsafe use of water cannons and flares, and ramming or blocking actions within the South China Sea. We are critically involved by the militarisation of disputed options’, it added.
The Quad — comprising India, the United States, Japan and Australia — has more and more expanded cooperation in areas together with maritime safety, vital and rising applied sciences, infrastructure, well being safety and local weather resilience. (ANI)