US had asked then PM Manmohan Singh to not encourage Japan PM on Quad: Ex-foreign secy Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran revealed that the US initially persuaded India to form the Quad but later asked then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to encourage Japan on the diplomatic alliance.

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