Senior Chinese foreign policy advisor Yang Jiechi said China was “gravely concerned” over what he called “absurd” stories that the virus escaped from the Wuhan lab.
“As we look at some of the aggressive behaviour that we have witnessed from China in the Indo-Pacific, I’m concerned about something that could happen that could spark a crisis,” U.S., Defence Secretary Llyod Austin said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on an official trip to the US, said India has clarity on its membership to Quad, adding that he had been personally involved with its progress over the past several years
On India getting vaccines from the US, Jaishankar said there are ongoing conversations on various aspects of vaccines, ranging from regulatory aspects to legal and commercial ones
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Jaishankar to the Department of State, where he reaffirmed the US administration s commitment to deepening the US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership