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S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet QUAD member-nations’ foreign ministers for the fourth annual meeting during his visit to Australia (Image: Reuters File)
Union minister S Jaishankar will attend the Quad meeting, speak to Australian counterparts on enhancing ties and head to Philippines in his maiden visit
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- Last Updated:February 09, 2022, 11:48 IST
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Union minister for external affairs S Jaishankar will join his American, Australian and Japanese counterparts in Australia for the fourth annual meeting of the QUAD Foreign Ministers. The meeting will be held on February 11 with US secretary of state Antony Blinken, Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and Yoshimasa Hayashi in attendance.
The QUAD meet is important as tensions rise between the US and its allies and Russia rises due to the Ukraine issue, China expands its web in the South China Sea and as the world aims to stop the pandemic.
“It will be an opportunity for the ministers to follow up on their virtual meeting held in February 2021 and exchange views on regional strategic issues given their shared vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. The ministers will review ongoing Quad cooperation and build on the positive and constructive agenda announced by the leaders at the two summits in 2021, to address contemporary challenges such as the Covid pandemic, supply chains, critical technologies, climate change, infrastructure,” a statement released by the Union ministry of external affairs said.
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