Two-day long Quad Senior Officials Meeting concludes in New Delhi

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The two-day (5-6 September 2022) Quad Senior Officials Meeting concluded in New Delhi on 6 September 2022.

IMPORTANT FACTS -

• Senior Officials from the Foreign Ministries of Australia, India, Japan and USA discussed regional and global developments, reaffirming their vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -

QUAD or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue :

• Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a group of four countries US, Japan, Australia and India. 
• The concept of QUAD was given by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007 for maritime cooperation between these countries after the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster in 2004. 
• Now the group is mainly seen as a group to counter the Chinese influence in the region.
• The 2022 Quad summit meeting was held in Japan and next will be held in Australia in 2023.