External Affairs Minister Dr.S Jaishankar has called for a free and open
Indo-pacific at the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting. He also urged
member nations to work towards ensuring a rule-based international
order. The Minister said that since their last meeting in February 2021,
the global geo-political and geo-economic order has become more
complex. He called upon the member nations to work towards rule-based
international order which is free from coercion and respects territorial
integrity and sovereignty, rule of law, transparency, freedom of
navigation in the international seas, and peaceful resolution.
Meanwhile, the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting concluded in
Melbourne, Australia. The QUAD ministers' issued a joint statement at
the conclusion of the meeting. In the statement, QUAD leaders have
reiterated their condemnation of terrorist attacks in India, including
26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks. In a joint statement, the QUAD
ministers reaffirmed the UNSC Resolution 2593 passed in 2021. The
resolution says that Afghan territory should not be used to threaten or
attack any country, shelter or train terrorists, or plan or finance
terrorist acts, with such ungoverned spaces being a direct threat to the
safety and security of the Indo-Pacific.
They also expressed unwavering support of ASEAN unity and centrality,
and the ASEAN-led architecture, and to advance the practical
implementation of ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
Underlining the Quad Vaccine Partnership’s rapid progress, with the
expanding vaccine production at the Biological E Ltd facility in India,
the ministers said that they aim to deliver at least 1 billion vaccines
by the end of 2022.
On Myanmar, the joint statement expressed grave concern about the crisis
and called for an end to violence, the release of all those arbitrarily
detained, including foreigners, and unhindered humanitarian access in
the country. QUAD Ministers reaffirmed their support for ASEAN efforts
to seek a solution in Myanmar and called on the military regime to
urgently implement ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus and swiftly return
Myanmar to the path of democracy.
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