Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Quad leaders’ virtual summit on Thursday, a year after the first gathering in March 2021. The conference takes place as Russia invades Ukraine, putting India in a diplomatic bind because it has vital partners on both sides. Each of the three Quad partners has issued comments condemning Russian aggression.
S Jaishankar attended Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne last month alongside his counterparts from the United States, Japan, and the host country Australia. They had decided to pursue a “common vision” of “upholding a rules-based international order, free from one based on coercion, with respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty,” in what was seen as a clear signal to Beijing.
This was the fourth meeting of the Foreign Ministers, with the first taking place in September 2019 in New York on the fringes of the UN General Assembly. They’ve held two face-to-face meetings and one virtual meeting, with the leaders meeting once in person and once online.