QUAD initiative – A view point
March 15, 2021, 2:31 PM IST
Saroj served in the Indian Army as a technical officer for 23 years and opted for premature retirement in 1991. Operational service includes 1971 India-Pakistan war in high altitude sector and two years in counterinsurgency operations in northeast. LESS... MORE
The first ever virtual QUAD meeting was held on 12 March, 2021. The QUAD concept is not something new as it was first mooted in 2007 by Japan. Since 2007, various meetings and discussions had been held over the years at the ministerial levels. However, this was the first time that respective heads of world’s four largest democracies, USA, India, Australia and Japan, came together. The leaders discussed many issues that included development, cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, Covid-19 vaccination programme, climate change, technology and assured supply chain management.