Quad is not a military grouping, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, adding it is now engaged in working together to help countries to deal with humanitarian situations in natural disasters.
The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, and will see the participation of Foreign Ministers of Australia, Penny Wong and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.
The next meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers will be hosted by India on March 3 in New Delhi. The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, the Foreign Minister of Australia, the Foreign Minister of Japan, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right that there are real challenges to multilateralism and he added that they are directly coming from Russia.
United States Department of State spokesperson Edward Ned Price said that Blinken met with Jaishankar to discuss how India and the US can expand technology and defence cooperation and increase food energy, and health security.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked for 'contact' with Foreign Minister Lavrov, during the second session of the G20 meeting they had 'contact', but there were no talks or full-fledged meetings, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of G20 meeting in New Delhi.
In response to a question on the three countries being among the 32 nations that abstained in Thursday's UN General Assembly, Lu responded, "It's clear to us that the countries of Central Asia and India have had long, complex relations with Russia".
US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez who was in Abu Dhabi for the I2U2 Business Forum welcomed Ravi signing a letter expressing the Indian Government's intention to join the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C).
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey R. Pyatt on Thursday joined the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) leaders in Delhi to discuss the challenges and opportunities for India's clean energy transition.