Known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad grouping comprises the US, India, Australia and Japan. The representatives for the four-member nations have met periodically since its establishment in 2007.
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India-US ties going much deeper; reflected in PM Modi, Biden equation: Indian envoy Sandhu ANI | Updated: Mar 15, 2021 08:43 IST
By Reena Bhardwaj
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said that the relations between New Delhi and Washington is going much deeper and this was very much reflected in the equation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden.
Friday s power-packed virtual meeting between the heads of government from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad a strategic forum comprising India, Japan, Australia and the United States of America has firmly set a democratic diamond around China. And even though China was not named during the 90-minute long summit, at least publicly, the joint statement followed by the strongly worded opinion article in The Washington Post has clearly underscored that Quad countries will be unrestrained from coerci