The partnership to monitor regional waters and provide $50 billion in infrastructure assistance announced at the Quad Summit has the potential to seriously undermine China’s influence in the Indo- Pacific.
May 26, 2022Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails the initiative as a declaration of a collective desire to make the Indo-Pacific region an engine of global economic growth.
May 23, 2022Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo to participate in the Quad summit on May 24 at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
May 23, 2022Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Saturday said the Quad Summit 2022 in Tokyo will primarily focus on the issues of the Indo-Pacific region.
May 21, 2022Briefing reporters on the PM's 23-24 May visit to Japan, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, on Sunday, said dismissed criticism of the Quad by certain countries especially China saying it was a grouping of countries rooted in democracy, pluralism, and market economy.
May 21, 2022The Prime Minister said, "I am confident that our Quad assistance in the Indo-Pacific and in the world will bring peace and prosperity." in his first in-person summit with US president Joe Biden, and Prime Ministers Yoshihide Suga of Japan, and Scott Morrison of Australia.
September 25, 2021India, Japan reaffirmed their commitment towards a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region and agreed to enhance bilateral security and defence cooperation, including in the area of defence equipment and technologies.
September 24, 2021Morrison described Modi as "a dear friend and great friend of Australia and disclosed that he had spoken to Modi the night before the announcement last week of the tripartite defence pact between Australia, the UK, and the US.
September 24, 2021Modi invited Harris to India, to continue "this journey of victory". India, he said, is "waiting to welcome you".
September 24, 2021For India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Quad meeting will be bookended by a Covid-19 summit convened by Biden and Modi's own speech at the UN General Assembly, on Saturday
September 23, 2021Modi, who is visiting the US for the seventh time after assuming office in 2014, said his visit would be an occasion to strengthen the Indo-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and consolidate ties with Japan and Australia.
September 23, 2021This will be Modi's fifth visit to the US since he took over as the Prime Minister in May 2014.
September 20, 2021This will be after nearly six months that Modi will be travelling to a foreign nation since the outbreak of Coronavirus in March last year.
September 14, 2021Biden said that he made it "clear to him" that "we are not looking for confrontation, although we know there will be steep, steep competition."
March 26, 2021US Vice President Kamala Harris was also present at the meeting.
March 13, 2021