PM Modi to participate in Quad leaders’ virtual meeting
New Delhi, March 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with US President Joe Biden, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, will participate in a Quad leaders' virtual meeting on Thursday.
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As per a statement released by the ministry of external affairs, the leaders will continue their dialogue after the September 2021 Summit in Washington DC. The four leaders will exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific.
"The Quad leaders will also review ongoing efforts to implement the leaders' initiatives announced as part of the Quad's contemporary and positive agenda," said the statement.
Last month, on February 11, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar had joined the Quad Foreign ministers’ meeting in Melbourne along with his counterparts from US, Japan and host Australia. In what was perceived as a clear signal to Beijing, they had decided to pursue a “shared vision” of “upholding a rules-based international order, free from one based on coercion with respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty”.
This was the fourth Quad Foreign ministers’ meeting, with the first one being held in New York in September 2019 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They have had two in-person meetings and one virtual one, while the leaders have met once in-person and once through virtually.
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