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QUAD Foreign ministers meet in Tokyo: EAM Jaishankar emphasizes commitment for global good extends beyond QUAD

Jaishankar said that these are difficult times and ensuring economic growth is challenging

July 29, 2024

Jaishankar highlights the importance of trusted partnerships at QUAD Meeting in Tokyo

On Monday, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar opened the QUAD Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo by underscoring the necessity of building trusted partnerships among nations to maintain global stability.

The EAM said that the QUAD’s collective efforts will ensure security against man-made or natural disruptions and that the QUAD’s commitment to global good extends beyond this region.

“The commitment to doing global good that we have all undertaken has a resonance far beyond this region. It is therefore essential that our political understanding strengthens, our economic partnerships grow, our technology collaborations expand, and our people-to-people comfort intensifies. Our meeting should send a clear message that the QUAD is here to stay, here to do, and here to grow,” he added.

“It’s very good to meet again here in Tokyo. Our last QUAD Foreign Ministers’ meeting was 10 months ago in New York. In that period, we have met each other bilaterally or on the sidelines of other events. Our systems, however, led by our Sherpas, have been continuously interacting. So, there is much today to talk about, to agree on, and to plan ahead,” he said.

“We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India, and Japan, and the Secretary of State of the US gathered in Tokyo today and reaffirm our commitment, common principles, and capacities to preserve and strengthen the international order for the global good. We discussed and deliberated on these shared challenges, and presented our respective visions for stability and prosperity together with other countries in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, and our plans for the QUAD to provide tangible benefits for the region,” the Foreign Ministers of the QUAD said in a joint statement.

Jaishankar said that these are difficult times and ensuring economic growth is challenging.

“These are not easy times. A major challenge is to ensure global economic growth while also de-risking it. Supply chains are a particular focus for resilience, just as we push for trusted and transparent digital partnerships. The march of technology has also acquired extraordinary proportions, holding possibilities of the very manner in which we live, think, and act. In a sense, we are amid a re-globalization,” he said.

“At the same time, it is only our collective endeavours that can prove the international system against disruptions, man-made or natural. But we have significant additional responsibilities as well as political democracies, pluralistic societies, and market economies. There is the key question of upholding a rules-based order. It is only our collaboration that can ensure that the Indo-Pacific remains free, open, stable, secure and prosperous,” he added.

Earlier on Monday EAM Jaishankar met his Australian counterpart Penny Wong right before the QUAD Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and spoke about intensifying the bilateral ties between the two nations.

Jaishankar also held a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Tokyo and expressed commitment to promoting a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

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