QUAD meeting 2020: EAM Jaishankar says India, US will work for 'stability' in Indo-Pacific

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his American counterpart, Mike Pompeo, on sidelines of Qu ministerial meeting on October 6. Jaishankar tweeted a picture of him and Pompeo after arriving in Tokyo and expressed pleasure over progress in India-US partnership in various fields.

Foreign ministers of India, US, Japan, and Australia are in Tokyo to participate in second QU security dialogue. Jaishankar, along with or foreign ministers, met Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during his two-day visit and spoke about bilateral and global dimensions of “special partnership.” 

During Qu talks, ministers will discuss post-COVID-19 international order and need for a coordinated response to various challenges emerging from pandemic. MEA h said that y will also discuss regional issues and collectively affirm importance of maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.

Qurilateral Security Dialogue, also kwn as Qu, is an informal strategic forum between India, US, Japan, and Australia. strategic alliance was formed to ensure peace and stability in Indo-Pacific and check China’s expansionist efforts in region, which has become a major cause of concern for a rules-based order. 

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'Force of good'

Earlier today, Pompeo hailed Suga as a “force of good” during his curtailed visit to Tokyo for bilateral and Qu consultations. Pompeo’s scheduled visit to South Korea and Mongolia, during his trip to Asia, was scrapped after US President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19.

“Prime Minister Suga was a powerful force for good, and for this relationship, too, when he was chief cabinet secretary,” Pompeo said at start of a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.

Pompeo and Motegi said that y will le a regional initiative “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” to counter China’s assertiveness in region. In July, Pompeo and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne h said that Indo-Pacific is focus of alliance, reaffirming ir commitment to Qu consultations with India and Japan.

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