New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): A two-day assembly of prime Quad officers was held in New Delhi the place the representatives from Australia, India, Japan and the US mentioned regional and international developments.
Senior Officials from the overseas ministries of the 4 nations met on September 5-6 and reaffirmed their imaginative and prescient for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
“Quad Senior Officials Meeting held on 5-6 Sep 2022 in New Delhi. Senior Officials from the Foreign Ministries of Australia, India, Japan and USA discussed regional and global developments, reaffirming their vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated in a tweet.
“They also reviewed ongoing cooperation and progress of initiatives announced under the Quad Framework,” he added.
This newest assembly of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comes within the backdrop of the Joint Leaders’ summit that befell in Japan in May this 12 months. The head of states of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States renewed their steadfast dedication to a free and open Indo-Pacific that’s inclusive and resilient.
Just over one 12 months in the past, leaders of the 4 nations together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi met for the primary time. During the summit in Tokyo, they convened their fourth assembly, and second in particular person.
They held the important thing assembly and demonstrated, at a time of profound international problem, that the Quad is a power for good, dedicated to bringing tangible advantages to the area.
“In our first year of cooperation, we established the Quad’s dedication to a positive and practical agenda; in our second year, we are committed to deliver on this promise, making the region more resilient for the 21st century,” a joint assertion had stated.
The grouping had additionally expressed assist for the ideas of freedom, rule of regulation, democratic values, sovereignty and territorial integrity, peaceable settlement of disputes with out resorting to menace or use of power, any unilateral try to vary the established order.
They additionally spoke in favour of freedom of navigation and overflight, all of that are important to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific area and to the world. (ANI)