Focusing on bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors such as infrastructure, investment and mobility, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya. The Jaishankar-Iwaya talks took place ahead of a crucial foreign ministerial meeting of the four-nation grouping Quad.
He and Iwaya also discussed ways to deepen engagement under the framework of Quad for a free and open Indo-Pacific. He added ‘Our Special, Strategic and Global Partnership continues to deepen and diversify’.
The Quad, comprising India, the US, Australia and Japan, has emerged as a key grouping largely focusing on peace, security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The Quad foreign ministerial meeting is expected to prepare ground for the grouping's annual summit in New Delhi later this year.
