quadrilateral security dialogue members have begun gathering in tokyo the grouping includes india australia united states and japan like any foreign meetings taking place ukraine and beach russia war is likely to dominate the talks the bloc did meet on 2nd of march this year just six days after russia chose to invade ukraine but the war was at the very premature stage at that point 90 days into the war now countries have shaped their stance and policies around it the quad grouping is expected to showcase a united front against russia's brutalities but this puts india in a tricky situation because unlike india the other three countries have sided with ukraine they have penalized russia with sanctions and banned almost all bridges with the country however india has chosen a different path it has chosen dialogue over criticism so it will be interesting to see if the four countries will manage to come on the same page apart from this global issue there is a regional crisis that is bothering the group and that is china the country is rapidly becoming more hostile across the indo-pacific russia's invasion of ukraine has been seen as a wake-up call for taiwan which is a province that china claims as theirs united states along with its allies in asia have stood against china's encroachment habits so a plan for taiwan's military emergency is also on the cards we want to remind our viewers that we on will be live on ground for the latest updates our managing editor pakishama and her team have reached tokyo and they will get you all the developments in real time so stay tuned india's prime minister narendra modi has a hectic week ahead he will have 40 hours for 23 engagements all the high stakes meetings will be held across japan the indian prime minister will be attending the quartz summit on tuesday that is on the 24th of may and separate bilateral meetings are also scheduled with the group leaders that is united states president joe biden japanese prime minister fumio kishida and the incoming australian prime minister elect albanese on monday morning arrangements are in place to have these people sworn in as members of my team [Applause] to enable penny and i to attend the important quad leaders meeting in tokyo with president biden prime minister kishida and prime minister modi india's foreign secretary veenay qatra held a press conference he gave details about the aim of this crucial visit during the quad summit leaders will review the progress of quad initiatives they will identify new areas of cooperation japanese prime minister's india visit in march saw substantial outcomes indian prime minister will interact with the indian diaspora there will be a special session on the sidelines of the world health organization's assembly apart from participating in the quartz summit prime minister would also hold bilateral meetings with the president of the us prime minister of japan and with prime minister of australia the prime minister would also engage with the japanese business community and the indian diaspora during his stay in tokyo let me first begin with the quad leader summit as you all know court cooperation is anchored in the shared values and commitment to the principles of democracy international law and rules-based international order as also a vision for a free open and inclusive indo-pacific since its first summit quad has been working to implement a positive and constructive agenda with a strong focus on enabling peace prosperity and stability in the indo-pacific region we owns managing editor panki sharma is in tokyo to get us the on-ground updates from the summit listen to her analysis it'll be interesting to see how india balances its convergences and divergences as this as they say in in diplomacy there's a lot that that goes for the quad grouping like you said energy partnership economic partnership uh but for many years it was said that the quad has an identity crisis is it the asian nato is it the asian red cross or is it something in between and has quad been able to achieve any of its security goals while a lot of water has uh passed under the bridge and in the last two years especially a lot of progress has been made with this being the fourth meeting two virtual meetings and uh this is the second in person meeting we had one last year in september in washington dc and now in tokyo so so there is definitely intent but they do not even spell out the clear security concerns so they haven't done so yet uh how will it play out this time it remains to be seen we understand that they are going to announce some sort of a framework where they have satellite tracking of illegal fishing uh in in in the waters in order this region and that is a direct attempt to take on china because china is believed to be the biggest perpetrator of illegal fishing which has threatened many traditional livelihoods and economies in the region so that will be a message to china certainly japan remains very clear on the threat posed by china uh to its territorial integrity the us is very very clear about this the australian government has been raising concerns about uh china's new deal with the solomon islands and india of course is is still logged in a border standoff with china so all four countries uh understand and uh agree that this is a threat that needs to be addressed uh but will they spell it out and will they do something about it uh is the big question ukraine will certainly feature in the conversation and that is where india will have to do a balancing act to try and ensure that uh the other countries uh do not hijack sort of the quad agenda this time and i think there is now a clear understanding among india's strategic partners that india is not going to join the sanctions regime against russia weon is now available in your country download the app now and get all the news on the move
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