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Narendra Modi holds first 'quad' meet with US, Japan, Australia

Modi holds first 'quad' meet with US, Japan, Australia on Business Standard. PM slated to meet Trump on Monday.

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Narendra Modi holds first 'quad' meet with US, Japan, Australia

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  1. Narendra Modi holds first ‘quad’ meet with US, Japan, Australia The PM slated to meet Trump on Monday. Narendra Modi holds first 'quad' meet with US, Japan, Australia on Business Standard. PM slated to meet Trump on Monday.

  2. Giving shape to their security cooperation under the proposed quadrilateral coalition, India, the US, Japan and Australia on Sunday held their first official talks Narendra Modi in manila with a focus on keeping the Indo- Pacific region “free and open”, seen as a move to counter China’s aggressive behaviour in the area. Soon after the meeting, India, Australia and Japan issued separate statements listing the Indo-Pacific as the major area of the deliberations and resolved to expand cooperation to uphold a rules-based order and respect for international law in the strategically important region. The meeting comes ahead of the Asean summit here on Tuesday which is also likely to discuss the security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region and China’s military expansion in the South China Sea. According to a press statement, officials of the four countries at the “quad” meeting agreed that a free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region serves the long-term interests of all countries in the region and of the world at large. Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in the Philippines on Sunday to attend the Asean-India and East Asia summits. Before arriving in Manila, US President Donald Trump said in Hanoi on Sunday that he would be willing to mediate between China and five of its neighbors to resolve their competing claims in the South China Sea. The PM and other leaders attended the customary dinner on the eve of the summit. Modi is slated to have bilateral meetings with Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Monday. On Sunday, Modi held separate pull-aside meetings with Trump and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the Asean. Click to Know → Asean 50th Anniversary

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