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

INTERNATIONAL DESK: 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.

“Very good,”says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on being asked about the QUAD meeting in Delhi today.

Blinken also took part in the panel discussion with EAM Dr S Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Blinken also held talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi after the meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers in New Delhi.

Calling the meeting of the Quad meeting an ‘excellent meeting’, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that it was a good opportunity for the members.

“I thank Dr S Jaishankar for hosting us. It was a good opportunity for the Quad members to talk at the Raisina Dialogue,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in Delhi.

‘Quad Squad: Power and Purpose of the Polygon’ that included all the Quad members.

The Quad Foreign Ministers meet on the sidelines of the eighth edition of the Raisina Dialogue, the flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-strategy organised by the Ministry of External Affairs with the Observer Research Foundation.

Quad according to the US Secretary of State is a force for good, positive, and affirmative action.

“If we allow Russia to do what it is doing in Ukraine then that’s a message to the aggressors everywhere that they may be able to get away with it too,” Blinken said at the discussion chaired by external affairs minister S Jaishankar and where Foreign Ministers of Australia, Penny Wong and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi participated. (ANI)