A meeting of foreign ministers of the QUAD group has been held in Washington. It was hosted by America’s new Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This meeting, held a day after Donald Trump started his second term, is being considered very important. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in this meeting from India’s side. He said, “We talked about many dimensions of ensuring a free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.”
Foreign Minister Jaishankar told in an ex-post that he participated in a productive meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers. He thanked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying, “Thank you to Rubio for hosting us, and to Secretaries of State Senators Wong and Takeshi Iwaya for their participation.”
The Foreign Minister said, “It is significant that the meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers took place within a few hours of the beginning of the Trump administration. This shows its priority in the foreign policy of its member countries.”
Trump did not talk about tariffs on China!
QUAD is a group of four countries concerned about the growing power of China, which includes India, America, Japan and Australia. Donald Trump was talking about imposing high tariffs on China during the elections and before taking oath, but in his first address he did not talk about tariffs on China.
Experts say that Trump unexpectedly stopped the tariffs on China and did not describe it as a threat, this has increased the chances of reconciliation between the two arch rivals. According to Reuters report, the meetings of the ministers of the Quad countries can pave the way for a summit between its top leaders.
Bilateral meeting with foreign ministers of the three countries!
According to the report, it is believed that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is going to come to Washington to meet Trump next month, in which there is a possibility that talks can also be held in this regard. Earlier, after the meeting of foreign ministers held in view of Trump’s inauguration, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also meet separately with the foreign ministers of the three countries including India.