Washington, DC [US], December 7 (ANI): The United States hosted the fourth annual Quad Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Tabletop Exercise and Strategic Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, from December 2-5, bringing collectively officers from the US, Australia, India and Japan to strengthen our disaster-response capabilities throughout the Indo-Pacific.
According to a press launch issued by the US State Department, the train ‘underscores the Quad’s dedication to dependable and efficient lifesaving help for the folks of the area.’
The Department stated HADR is a founding pillar of the Quad partnership and a cornerstone of the group’s efforts to advance peace, safety, prosperity and resilience within the Indo-Pacific.
‘As a founding pillar of the Quad partnership, HADR is a cornerstone of the group’s efforts to advance peace, safety, prosperity, and resilience within the Indo-Pacific,’ the discharge stated.
Highlighting a latest instance of cooperation, the State Department famous that the Quad’s coordinated response to the devastating earthquake in Burma earlier this yr demonstrated the bloc’s capacity to mobilise assets and ship life-saving help quickly.
‘Our coordinated supply of humanitarian help in response to the devastating earthquake in Burma in March this yr was a testomony to the Quad’s capacity to mobilise assets and quickly ship life-saving help,’ the discharge added.
The HADR assembly got here simply because the 4 nations convened one other key engagement in New Delhi. The third Quad Counter Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) meeting–held on December 4 and 5–brought collectively representatives from India, Japan, Australia and the United States to evaluate joint efforts towards terrorism.
In a joint assertion, Quad companions unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its types and manifestations, together with cross-border terrorism. They additionally expressed condolences for the ‘heinous’ November 10 terror assault close to Delhi’s Red Fort, through which fifteen folks have been killed, and greater than two dozen have been injured after a blast at round 7 pm. The National Investigation Agency is at the moment probing the case.
The Quad members known as for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of the assault to be dropped at justice and urged all UN Member States to cooperate on this regard.
The CTWG assembly was held as a part of India’s rotation internet hosting the following Quad Summit. The Working Group was established in the course of the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi in March 2023 to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation among the many 4 nations. (ANI)