Secretary of State Blinken heading to Australia for Quad ministerial meeting
The Hindu
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa, are expected to attend
The U.S. State Department has announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Australia from February 9-12, for a minister-level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad).
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa, are expected to attend.
This is the first meeting of the Quad after the summit level meeting in Washington DC in September. There was some speculation that the meeting might be held virtually given the global Omicron situation. Mr Jaishankar announced that on January 27. The isolation period in India is seven days, allowing time for the minister to travel to Australia.
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