Pointing towards the bilateral ties between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that New Delhi's relations with Beijing are "not doing very well," and underlined how the relationship is not normal.
Jaishankar called on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida along with fellow Quad Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins fellow foreign ministers from Australia, India, and Japan on Monday at the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo to address issues that improve lives in the Indo-Pacific.
Apparently with China's assertiveness in the East and South China seas in mind, the three countries also reaffirmed that they "strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the waters of the Indo-Pacific."
A US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting also referred to as the "2+2" in Tokyo today was attended by the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defence Kihara Minoru apart from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed upcoming opportunities to strengthen collaboration between India and the US on shared priorities, according to the statement released by the US State Department.
The Indian embassy in Japan said in a post on X, "Hon'ble External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar arrives in Japan for a two-day visit and is received by the Ambassador @AmbSibiGeorge. #ConnectingHimalayasWithMountFuji"
Penny Wong said that she is looking forward to meeting her counterparts from Japan, India and the United States at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo.