US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister Modi and others in India to deepen cooperation in the framework created by the four countries of Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, which the United States attaches great importance to in order to counter China. I confirmed that I would go.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister Antony Blinken one after another in New Delhi, the capital of India, on the 28th.
At the press conference, the two foreign ministers will deepen cooperation in a framework called "quad" created by Japan, the United States, Australia, and India, and talks for peace over Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the US military. It is said that it has been confirmed to promote.
In addition, Secretary Blinken has announced that he will provide India with additional support of more than 2.7 billion yen in Japanese yen to improve the supply network of vaccines for the new coronavirus.
Meanwhile, China's growing opposition to the quad was said by Blinken, "not a military alliance, but to strengthen international rules and values," and Foreign Minister Jaishankal said, "4. Cooperation in other countries is no wonder. It is the quad to do what is in their own interests and in the interests of the world. "
The U.S. Biden administration, which emphasizes quads to counter China, is aiming to hold the first face-to-face summit in this framework in Washington in the fall, and coordination will begin in earnest in the future. It seems to be a thing.