869 Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, December 18 On a day when India held border talks with China, it also touched base with the Quad grouping of the US, Australia and Japan, which share the same views about Beijing’s aggressiveness on the land borders as well as in the maritime domain. Senior Foreign Ministry officials from the four countries interacted through a video conference to follow up on the last such official level discussions in September as well as the in-person meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers on October 6 in Tokyo. The officials exchanged views on regional and global issues of common interest. They also reviewed ongoing and proposed practical cooperation in the areas of connectivity and infrastructure development, and security issues, including counter-terrorism, cyber security, maritime security, humanitarian and disaster relief, with the objective of promoting peace, security, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, said a MEA statement.