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Quad discusses Indo-Pacific infrastructure and 5G
Why is it in news?
- Senior officials from the Foreign Ministries of the Quad group of countries met virtually.
Details:
- US government proposed “clean telcos” a list of companies considered by the U.S. administration to be free from security risks and the risk of surveillance by the Chinese government.
- Members committed to a free, open and inclusive Indo Pacific region.
About QUAD:
- The Quad first emerged as a cooperative response to the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, with the navies of India, Australia, Japan, and the US engaged in the coordinated delivery of humanitarian and disaster relief.
- The dialogue was first initiated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007.
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a mechanism which enables dialogue between four major democracies within the Indo-Pacific region, Australia, Japan, India, and the US, on issues of regional security.
- Objective: To secure a rule based global order, liberal trade practices and establish and maintain the freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Due to ambivalence over growing US-China tension in Asia-Pacific, Australia had left the quad in 2008.
- During the 2017 ASEAN Summits Australia re-joined Quad in negotiations to revive the quadrilateral alliance.