Penny Wong's remarks come a day after second India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. New Delhi & Canberra are part of QUAD, with works to support an open Indo-Pacific region.
Dates being looked at for Quad summit are 25 or 27 January & will be finalised depending on availability of PM of Australia, which marks its own national day on 26 January.
The joint statement comes a week after North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia, triggering global concerns about potential weapons transfer deals between the two countries.
Multi-role stealth frigate INS Sahyadri & indigenous destroyer INS Kolkata will be participating in the annual naval exercise. Navies of US, Japan & Australia taking part as well.
At G7 meet PM Narendra Modi spoke against 'unilateral attempt to change status quo' & released statement with Quad nations seeking an Indo-Pacific region free of 'coercion' from any country.
Meeting on sidelines of G7 Summit, leaders from India, US, Australia & Japan also opposed attempts to ‘undermine’ UN’s integrity & sought for Indo-Pacific region to be free of domination.
PM Modi was addressing leaders of the US, Australia and Japan, which along with Japan constitute the informal strategic forum called the Quadrilateral Grouping.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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