New Delhi, Jul 28 (UNI) The US on Wednesday emphasised that the Quad grouping of the US, Japan, Australia and India, is 'not a military alliance', and is aimed to further cooperation on regional challenges while 'reinforcing international rules', even as India said that it is not directed against any country.
Addressing the media after bilateral talks here with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Quad comprises 'four like-minded countries coming together collectively to work on some of the most important issues of our time that will have a real impact on lives of people, and to do it in a way that ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific region and peace, security and prosperity for the people of the region'.
'What we are doing together is coordinating, pooling our resources, our thinking and actively collaborating on a whole variety of issues that have an impact on the lives of our people, on Covid-19 and the Quad vaccine initiative that took place a few months ago, and on post-pandemic economic recovery, on the climate crisis, and as well as on maritime and security issues that will have a meaningful impact on peoples' lives,' he said.