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Raisina Dialogue LIVE Updates: Quad reiterates support for expansion of UN Security Council

FP Staff • March 3, 2023, 19:12:14 IST
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Raisina Dialogue LIVE Updates: Quad leaders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Australian Foreign minister Penny Wong were delighted to participate in the group’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and terming it, ‘very good’ and ’excellent meeting’

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March 3, 2023, 19:12:14 (IST)
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This Free Trade Agreement would be beneficial for everyone – for EU, for India: Gunda Reire

We really hope that they’ll end with a positive outcome because there is a huge but unused potential in trade, and investment. So, I think that this Free Trade Agreement would be beneficial for everyone – for EU, for India, said Gunda Reire, Parliamentary Secy, Latvian Foreign Ministry.

In this regard, I must emphasise that India is a key partner, key element in these relations. Speaking about the future economy, it is also very well known that right now, Free Trade Agreement negotiations are in the process, she added.

March 3, 2023, 18:43:21 (IST)
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Sri Lanka has come a long way since last May-June collapse: Foreign Minister 

Sri Lanka has come a long way since last May-June collapse. Our inflation is under control, Rupee stabilised, queues are no longer there, tourism has bounced back and Sri Lankans have started to send their funds back through normal channels, said MUM Ali Sabry.

India is the greatest partner of our recovery & stabilisation. I think all other countries put together had not done what India had done for us. US$ 3.9 Bn worth of credit line had given us a lifeline to fight another day. We’re very grateful to India, he added.

March 3, 2023, 18:19:31 (IST)
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EAM Jaishankar meets Catherine Colonna

EAM Dr S Jaishankar meets Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, in Delhi.

EAM Dr S Jaishankar meets Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/bQRQA1fWhD

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023, 18:15:46 (IST)
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We need to be self-reliant, says CDS Anil Chauhan

The biggest lesson from this conflict is that we need to be self-reliant, says Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on learnings from the Ukraine war.

#WATCH | The biggest lesson from this conflict is that we need to be self-reliant, says Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on learnings from the Ukraine war. pic.twitter.com/ag9v5Q9MD4

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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A large number of initiatives taken by govt: CDS General Anil Chauhan on self-reliance in Defence sector

Yes, we’ve just taken some baby steps actually, for past 2-3 years. A large number of initiatives taken by govt. And I think for these initiatives to succeed, the driving force would be the Services themselves, said CDS General Anil Chauhan on self-reliance in Defence sector.

March 3, 2023, 17:50:11 (IST)
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War is a clash of wills, says Australian Chief of the Defence Force

War is a clash of wills. My assessment is that this war will continue. I am incredibly impressed by the wide coalition of nations that have come to support Ukraine. But until will changes this war will continue, said General Angus J. Campbell, Chief of the Defence Force, Australia.

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March 3, 2023, 17:34:19 (IST)
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‘False and Propaganda’, Ukrainian envoy on Lavrov’s Raisina comments

 Calling the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov’s comments at the Raisina Dialogue as ‘False and Propaganda’, Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires Ivan Konovalov said that the speech shouldn’t be pronounced by the Minister.

“False and Propaganda. I have nothing to say after listening to the speech. This speech shouldn’t be pronounced by the Minister”, said Ivan to ANI.

While participating in a conversation at the Raisina Dialogue, the Russian Foreign Minister said that why everyone was questioning the lack of Russia’s initiative to negotiate but not Ukraine’s.

“Everyone is asking when Russia is ready to negotiate. Nobody asks Zelenskyy (Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) when he’s going to negotiate. Last year, Zelenskyy signed a document making it a criminal offence to negotiate with Russia as long as Putin is present. Can you ask him what he’s doing?”, said Lavrov.

March 3, 2023, 16:44:10 (IST)
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Happy to pass on IBSA Handover Report 2023 to chair Brazil, says Jaishankar

EAM concludes a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mauro Vieira & Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Naledi Pando.

Happy to pass on IBSA Handover Report 2023 to chair Brazil. Our IBSA partnership will continue to work for the concerns of Global South, said EAM.

March 3, 2023, 16:40:09 (IST)
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#WATCH | "For Maldives,India is spl. Our foreign policy based on India first for reasons I've told you before-we've no enemies but are friends to all. China a development partner of Maldives for a long time," says Abdulla Shahid, Maldives Foreign Min on relations with India-China pic.twitter.com/6pXRm0CKXI

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023, 16:32:25 (IST)
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PM, pen and notebook 

“You can’t take your notebook inside”, the security official told me in a voice that sounded suspiciously like a scolding. By “notebook”, I don’t mean laptops. Just an honest, tattered, old paper notebook that I was hoping to carry inside to scribble down notes at the Raisina Dialogue inaugural session Thursday where PM Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart, Georgia Meloni, would be present. Meloni is visiting India for a bilateral. 

She met the prime minister at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, and the outcome of that bilateral meeting was the upgradation of India-Italy ties to ‘strategic partnership’. Meloni was slated to deliver the inaugural address later on Thursday at Taj Palace, the venue for Raisina Dialogue, in presence of Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, national security adviser Ajit Doval and senior government officials, so attendance was high, and so was security. 

Attendees were asked to ensure nothing goes inside except mobile phones, so I had to part ways with my trusted notebook. One delegate, seated next to me, looked at my shirt and cried out in indignation at the pen that I was carrying. How come you have a pen? He asked. Before I could reply, he told me his pen had been taken away much against his will. As they say, a pen is mightier than a sword! 

Report by Sreemoy Talukdar

March 3, 2023, 16:30:18 (IST)
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President Solih and PM Modi have been talking regularly, says Maldives Foreign Minister

The dynamic relationship between President Solih and PM Modi has been the main factor driving this relationship because at the level of leadership, they have been talking regularly, says Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid on India-Maldives relations.

India’s leadership internationally has been outstanding & that’s not for me to say but for everyone to see how India has established itself. Most recently in the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey, India dispatched its rescue personnel immediately, he added.

March 3, 2023, 16:08:47 (IST)
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‘False and Propaganda’, Ukrainian envoy on Lavrov’s Raisina comments

Calling the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov’s comments at the Raisina Dialogue as ‘False and Propaganda’, Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires Ivan Konovalov said that the speech shouldn’t be pronounced by the Minister.

“False and Propaganda. I have nothing to say after listening to the speech. This speech shouldn’t be pronounced by the Minister”, said Ivan to ANI. 

While participating in a conversation at the Raisina Dialogue, the Russian Foreign Minister said that why everyone was questioning the lack of Russia’s initiative to negotiate but not Ukraine’s.

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March 3, 2023, 15:56:07 (IST)
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We are trying to stop a war imposed on us by West: Sergey Lavrov at Raisina Dialogue

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said Russia isn’t fighting a war, but it is fighting to stop a war imposed against it by the West. In New Delhi for the G20 foreign ministers’ meet in which he took part, Lavrov in a rather fiery session at the Raisina Dialogue session in the afternoon frequently tried to shout down the interviewer, ORF chairman Sunjay Joshi and tried to play the sizeable crowd that had gathered to hear him speak.

Faced with questions about the feasibility of launching a hot war against Ukraine, Lavorv, who met US secretary of state Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 meet Thursday — the first time since the launching of the war that the two leaders have met face-to-face — said, “We are trying to stop the war that was launched against us was started by NATO and the West.”

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March 3, 2023, 15:54:36 (IST)
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‘India’s digital transformation is one of the most important international taking points’: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that digital transformation is perhaps one of the most important issues that are talked about at the international level besides Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic.

In conversation with Palki Sharma, Managing Editor, Firstpost, at the Raisina Dialogue 2023, Jaishankar said that the decision to impose lockdown was a very tough one but it was taken and now when we look back at that decision, it was for the best.

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March 3, 2023, 15:41:55 (IST)
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“India’s Presidency a unique position….” Bangladesh on resolving Ukraine conflict

Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam on Friday said that India can play a critical role in resolving the Ukraine conflict. 

“India is in talking terms with both the parties of the war, that gives India’s Presidency a unique position to bring, invite, work hard to bring them on the table and find a possible solution,” said Alam.

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March 3, 2023, 15:32:39 (IST)
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India in very unusual position, says EAM Jaishankar

"I'd call it rebalancing. It's history switch hitting...India in very unusual position,once more decisively upwardly mobile which lot of other civilisational states aren't in position to do..: EAM on if India being bigger economy than Britain&dominating Cricket, reversal of power pic.twitter.com/KGn6HXJzEa

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023, 15:26:33 (IST)
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Russia’s nuclear weapon threat ‘inadmissible’, urge for ’lasting peace’ in Ukraine, says Quad leaders 

Foreign ministers of the Quad grouping on Friday condemned as “inadmissible” Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in its ongoing conflict against Ukraine and underscored the need for “a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.”

“We continued to discuss our responses to the conflict in Ukraine and the immense human suffering it is causing, and concurred that the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible,” read a joint statement by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad, which groups the United States, Japan, Australia and India.

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March 3, 2023, 15:11:59 (IST)
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The position of India is potentially more powerful than ever: Former UK PM Tony Blair

Real challenge today is how to make sense of the shifting geo-politics, & in that position India is absolutely critical because the progress in India in the last few yrs has been remarkable. The position of India is potentially more powerful than ever: Former UK PM Tony Blair pic.twitter.com/Uw4sLGFREe

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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EAM Jaishankar holds bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry

#WATCH | Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry pic.twitter.com/bhUKukQ3XP

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023, 14:17:10 (IST)
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Quad committed to supporting Pacific Island countries: Joint statement

Amid growing conflicts with China in the Indo-Pacific region, Quad members (Australia, India, Japan and the US) on Friday committed to supporting Pacific Island countries.

“We are committed to supporting Pacific Island countries in line with the objectives of the Pacific Islands Forum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, guided by Pacific priorities of climate change, resilient infrastructure and maritime security,” read Quad leaders joint statement.

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‘Excellent meeting’: Quad leaders Blinken, Wong laud the group’s meeting held by India

Quad leaders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Australian Foreign minister Penny Wong were delighted to participate in the group’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and termed it, a “very good” and “excellent meeting.”

Blinken on Friday said that the Quad recognizes that the Indo-Pacific region will shape the trajectory of the world in the 21st century and are committed to safeguarding its peace, stability, and growing prosperity.

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March 3, 2023, 14:06:08 (IST)
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WATCH: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov asks ‘Why no questions asked from US about what is happening in Iraq, Afghanistan’

“Why no questions asked from US about what’s happening in Iraq and Afghanistan and whether they are certain of what US is doing?” asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Raisina dialogue in India’s capital New Delhi on Friday.

The Russia-Ukraine war continues to be the topic of discussion in the G20 meeting that is underway in New Delhi.

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March 3, 2023, 13:58:03 (IST)
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As G20 foreign ministers’ meet concludes, India’s inches closer to its aspiration to become a leading global power

This year is going to be a key one for India due to the sheer number of diplomatic events that it is hosting. Among them, the G20 summit scheduled to be held in September 2023 is going to be a major opportunity for India to secure its credentials as a rising power of consequence. However, India has already started signalling the same if we go by the events of this week.

India hosted the second high-level ministerial meet in New Delhi, the G20 foreign ministers’ meet, on the 1st and 2nd of this month. Although the meet ended on a sober note with no joint statement released due to lack of a consensus between the participating countries on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. India was still able to use the opportunity to showcase its growing influence across the world. If we leave aside the chasm between West and Russia-China over joint communique, India was able to achieve consensus on almost every other issue, including climate action, biodiversity, gender issues, new emerging technologies, etc.

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Quad leaders, Blinken and Wong laud the group’s meeting held by India

Quad leaders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Australian Foreign minister Penny Wong were delighted to participate in the group’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and terming it, “very good” and “excellent meeting.”

Blinken on Friday said that the Quad recognizes that the Indo-Pacific region will shape the trajectory of the world in the 21st century and are committed to safeguarding its peace, stability, and growing prosperity. 

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States.

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Quad committed to supporting Pacific Island countries: Joint statement

In a move to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, Quad members (Australia, India, Japan and the US) on Friday committed to supporting Pacific Island countries. 

“We are committed to supporting Pacific Island countries in line with the objectives of the Pacific Islands Forum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, guided by Pacific priorities of climate change, resilient infrastructure and maritime security,” read Quad leaders joint statement.

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March 3, 2023, 13:40:15 (IST)
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Producer country should benefit from its resources before anyone else: Italian PM Meloni

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that producer countries should benefit from their resources, for their own prosperity and stability. “Green energy, hydrogen and electricity will more and more be locally produced for the own citizens and for Europe,” she added.

Addressing the Raisina Dialogue as the chief guest and a keynote speaker, she said “For centuries our maritime flows have looked towards the south and to the rest of the Mediterranean, which is our natural neighbour.

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‘Nobody asks Zelenskyy when he wants to negotiate…’, says Lavrov 

#WATCH via ANI Multimedia | “Nobody asks Zelenskyy when he wants to negotiate…”Lavrov if there will be end to Russia-Ukraine warhttps://t.co/tX50gxupKs

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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Quad not a military grouping, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad is not a military grouping, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, adding it is now engaged in working together to help countries to deal with humanitarian situations in natural disasters.

“We are working on things that are really critical,” Blinken said at a panel discussion of the Quad Foreign Ministers themed “The Quad Squad: Power and Purpose of the Polygon” in the national capital.

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‘False and propaganda’: Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires Ivan Konovalov on Lavrov’s comments

"False and propaganda. I have nothing to say after listening to the speech. This speech shouldn’t be pronounced by the Minister": Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires Ivan Konovalov (in the right pic) to ANI on Russian FM Lavrov’s comments at Raisina Dialogue in Delhi today pic.twitter.com/vjKLkXt7k5

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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Jaishankar highlights resilient supply chain, digital challenge & connectivity at Quad meeting

Highlighting issues that the Quad and the World need to address, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that “resilient supply chain, digital challenge and connectivity,” at the ‘Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting held on the sidelines of Raisina Dialogue 2023.

“Three big issues that Quad and the world need to address and I think Quad can address and can make a difference. First, a more reliable and resilient supply chain, the second digital challenge of trust and transparency and third connectivity. I expect these to be a greater part of our agenda,” said Jaishankar.

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‘India is a critical power, great power,’ Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Quad meeting

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Friday lauded India as a “critical, great power”.

Wong attended the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting presided by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2023 held in the national capital Delhi. Wong said India’s civilisation prowess brought a fresh perspective on dealing with current issues.

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We never engage in playing any country against any other country, says Russian FM

We never engage in playing any country against any other country but this is unfortunately is being tried by some other outside players in the context of so called Indo- Pacific strategy, using Quad not for economic purpose but trying to militarise it: Russian Foreign Minister

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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Ideas promoted by our American friends of ASEAN plus Quad is openly aimed at ruining East Asia Summits, says Lavrov

The idead promoted by our American friends of ASEAN plus Quad is openly aimed at ruining East Asia Summits. In other words it means East Asia Summits minus China and Russia: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pic.twitter.com/32mq7QwhXh

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023
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We’ve excellent relations with China and India, says Russian FM

We've excellent relations with China and India. The relations with India are characterized in offical documents signed by the two leaders as a “specially privileged strategic partnership”. I don't know whether any other country has the same status on paper offcially: Russian FM pic.twitter.com/UdPnr6NRcU

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Quad announces establishment of ‘Working Group on Counter-Terrorism’ 

The Quad leaders announced the establishment of the ‘Quad Working Group’ on Counter-Terrorism, which will explore cooperation amongst the Quad and with Indo-Pacific partners, to counter new and emerging forms of terrorism, radicalization to violence and violent extremism.

In a joint statement of the Quad Leaders issued in New Delhi on Friday, it denounced the use of terrorist proxies and committed to promoting accountability for terrorist attacks including the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, “which claimed lives of citizens from all Quad countries”.

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Why no questions asked from US about what is happening in Iraq, Afghanistan, asks Russia’s Lavrov

#WATCH | Russian FM Sergey Lavrov at an event in Delhi asks why no questions asked from United States about what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan & whether they are certain of what US is doing. pic.twitter.com/6nHUbLk3NU

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Quad announces establishment of Working Group on Counter-Terrorism

Quad grouping of countries comprising of US, Japan, Australia and India on Friday announced the establishment of a Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in sharpening of the group’s focus to combat terror. 

A joint statement of the Quad Leaders issued in New Delhi today denounced the use of terrorist proxies and committed to promote accountability for terrorist attacks including the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, “which claimed lives of citizens from all Quad countries”. Heavily-armed terrorists from Pakistan struck in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 in which at least 174 people, including 26 foreign nationals, were killed and over 300 people injured.

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March 3, 2023, 12:06:58 (IST)
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“India is a critical power, great power,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Quad meeting

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Friday lauded India as a “critical, great power” and said the country’s civilisation prowess brought a fresh perspective on dealing with current issues. 

Wong participated in the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting presided by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of Raisina Dialogue 2023 held in the national capital Delhi. Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken were the other participants who attended the meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) grouping.

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March 3, 2023, 11:52:25 (IST)
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The Beatles and Quad

It all started when at the morning session at Raisina Dialogue hosted by ORF president Samir Saran where all four Quad foreign ministers were present, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saran “an honorary member of the Quad… A sort of fifth Beatle”, drawing peels of laughter from a rather serious audience. Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who missed the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting but flew in to attend the Quad that took place place early today, chipped in. “It’s not exactly The Beatles where everyone jointly releases an album every few years as a rock band. But Quad is more of a soft Beatles”, said the Japanese FM, “where every member may release a solo album of their own”. The audience was in splits.

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March 3, 2023, 11:29:47 (IST)
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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong hold bilateral meeting

#WATCH | External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong hold a bilateral meeting in Delhi pic.twitter.com/mxVSAlFGhp

— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2023

A panel discussion on “The Quad Squad: Power and Purpose of the Polygon,” is going to be held today where Quad Foreign Ministers will be participating in the event, which will be moderated by the President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Samir Saran. The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, and will see the participation of Foreign Ministers of Australia, Penny Wong and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. The meeting will be an opportunity for the Ministers to continue their discussions held at their last meeting in New York in September 2022, read the MEA press release. They will exchange views on recent developments in the Indo-Pacific region and regional issues of mutual interest, guided by their vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. The Ministers will also review progress made by the Quad in pursuit of its constructive agenda and implementation of initiatives aimed at addressing contemporary priorities of the region, added the release. The Quad evokes images of a security partnership, a development alliance, and even a consultative committee. One and a half years since the first Leaders’ Summit, the Quad is now facing a choice between focusing on its core identity or seeking the benefits that might come from being a more amorphous and reactive grouping. As nations shift their attention to growth and the reconfiguration of their global economic partnerships, how will the Quad remain relevant? How does the re-emergence of the land war in Europe implicate the future of a maritime grouping in the Indo-Pacific? will be the topic of the panel discussion. The US has signed an ambitious tech partnership with Australia and the UK; is part of the I2U2 focused on West Asia; has entered into a new bilateral technology agreement with India; and has a close tech alliance with Japan. The panel will also discuss, how these overlapping agreements and partnerships integrate with the Quad’s tech agenda. What path can it pick between a tight, action-focused coalition and a relatively minimalist ambition that might more easily incorporate other actors in the Indo-Pacific? Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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As Russia pushes east, Ukraine faces mounting pressure to defend its heartland

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Why Mossad was not on board with Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar

Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe

Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe

Russian drones over Poland: Trump’s tepid reaction a wake-up call for Nato?

Russian drones over Poland: Trump’s tepid reaction a wake-up call for Nato?

As Russia pushes east, Ukraine faces mounting pressure to defend its heartland

As Russia pushes east, Ukraine faces mounting pressure to defend its heartland

Why Mossad was not on board with Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar

Why Mossad was not on board with Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar

Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe

Turkey: Erdogan's police arrest opposition mayor Hasan Mutlu, dozens officials in corruption probe

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