New Delhi: Senior officials of Quad member countries have reviewed the progress made by various working groups of the Quad in delivering on commitments made at the group's summit in May 2023, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. ).
The officials, who met via video conference on Wednesday, also discussed new ideas to advance the group's collaboration in delivering the public good in the Indo-Pacific region in areas such as health security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, resilience climate and fight against terrorism. the ministry said in a statement.
Senior officials from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US State Department met to review the progress made by various groups of work of the Quad in delivering on the commitments made at the May 2023 Quad Leaders' Summit, he said.
"They also discussed new ideas to promote Quad collaboration in delivering public goods in the Indo-Pacific region in areas such as health security, digital public infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), climate resilience, improvement of maritime domain awareness, countering terrorism and improving telecommunications resilience through submarine cable connectivity," he said.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for officials to exchange views on important regional and international issues of mutual interest.
"They underlined the Quad's commitment to a free, open, inclusive and resilient Indo-Pacific and reaffirmed the centrality of regional institutions, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)," the statement read.
The meeting was headed by K Nagaraj Naidu, Joint Secretary (Americas), MEA; Elly Lawson, Under Secretary (Strategic Planning and Coordination Group), Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Fujimoto Kentaro, Ambassador in charge of Quad cooperation/Deputy Director General of the Foreign Policy Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; and Daniel Kritenbrink, Undersecretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) and Donald Lu, Undersecretary (Central and South Asian Affairs), of the US Department of State, according to the statement.
Officials hope to continue regular consultations in the run-up to the next Quad Leaders' Summit in India, he added.
During a roundtable at a conclave here in March, US envoy Eric Garcetti had said that the Quad is truly a reflection of the "shared interests" of having a peaceful, democratic, fair, open and accountable Indo-Pacific, while He stressed that its members India is in many ways "in the driver's seat" of the group.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly described as the Quad, comprises India, the United States, Japan and Australia and has unveiled a series of initiatives in recent years with the broad objective of ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the region. Indo-Pacific. China believes the coalition aims to contain it.
The officials, who met via video conference on Wednesday, also discussed new ideas to advance the group's collaboration in delivering the public good in the Indo-Pacific region in areas such as health security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, resilience climate and fight against terrorism. the ministry said in a statement.
Senior officials from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US State Department met to review the progress made by various groups of work of the Quad in delivering on the commitments made at the May 2023 Quad Leaders' Summit, he said.
"They also discussed new ideas to promote Quad collaboration in delivering public goods in the Indo-Pacific region in areas such as health security, digital public infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), climate resilience, improvement of maritime domain awareness, countering terrorism and improving telecommunications resilience through submarine cable connectivity," he said.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for officials to exchange views on important regional and international issues of mutual interest.
"They underlined the Quad's commitment to a free, open, inclusive and resilient Indo-Pacific and reaffirmed the centrality of regional institutions, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)," the statement read.
The meeting was headed by K Nagaraj Naidu, Joint Secretary (Americas), MEA; Elly Lawson, Under Secretary (Strategic Planning and Coordination Group), Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Fujimoto Kentaro, Ambassador in charge of Quad cooperation/Deputy Director General of the Foreign Policy Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; and Daniel Kritenbrink, Undersecretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) and Donald Lu, Undersecretary (Central and South Asian Affairs), of the US Department of State, according to the statement.
Officials hope to continue regular consultations in the run-up to the next Quad Leaders' Summit in India, he added.
During a roundtable at a conclave here in March, US envoy Eric Garcetti had said that the Quad is truly a reflection of the "shared interests" of having a peaceful, democratic, fair, open and accountable Indo-Pacific, while He stressed that its members India is in many ways "in the driver's seat" of the group.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly described as the Quad, comprises India, the United States, Japan and Australia and has unveiled a series of initiatives in recent years with the broad objective of ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the region. Indo-Pacific. China believes the coalition aims to contain it.
