First Quad leaders' meet today - focus on Indo-Pacific, COVID vaccines - Quad first came into existence after the 2004 tsunami and was first formalized in 2007.
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Quad Has Come Of Age, Its Agenda Makes It A Force For Global Good: PM Modi At Quad Summit
This is the first time the leaders of the four member nations are deliberating on expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
Joe Biden and PM Modi Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-12T19:29:47+05:30 Quad Has Come Of Age, Its Agenda Makes It A Force For Global Good: PM Modi At Quad Summit outlookindia.com 2021-03-12T22:27:02+05:30
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Speaking at Quad summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, We are united by our democratic values, and our commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. Our agenda today covering areas like vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies makes the Quad a force for global good.
The White House in a statement after a four-way summit announced support for a plan by Indian company Biological E Ltd. to "produce at least one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of 2022.
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Joining forces with the US, Japan and Australia certainly helps India to upgrade its naval facilities as China spreads its footprints across India’s neighbourhood. Seema Guha 2021-03-11T17:49:12+05:30 As China Threat Grows, Quad Holds Its First Virtual Summit outlookindia.com 2021-03-11T17:51:43+05:30
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With the quad summit scheduled for Friday, the fledging India, US, Japan, Australia grouping has come into its own.
This will be the first time that leaders of the quadrilateral – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet, though in the virtual format signalling that the formation is here to stay. There have been several false starts earlier from the beginning when it was initiated after the 2004 Tsunami and formalised in 2007.
Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 10:09 IST
The aim of the initiative by the Quad would be to reduce manufacturing backlogs, expedite vaccination, and defeat some coronavirus mutations, a top US official said. Representational Image. | Photo Credit: AP
Washington: A first ever leaders’ meeting of the Quad group of countries on Friday plans to announce financing agreements to support an increase in manufacturing capacity for coronavirus vaccines in India, a senior U.S administration official told Reuters.
The financing agreements will be between the United States, Japan and others and focus particularly on companies and institutions in India manufacturing vaccines for American drugmakers Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson, the official, who did not want to be identified by name, said.