Formation of a #Triad parallel to the #Quad in the making.

Breaking: Australia announces major engagement in North East Indian Ocean.
-Will provide $36.5 million over five years
-$10.2 million for digital sector in Bangladesh
-$4.3 million for LNG supply chain between Australia, India and Bangladesh.

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#Quad

The External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his Quad statement doesn't join in criticism of Russia, Myanmar by other Foreign Ministers, and stressed that Quad's "positive agenda" as a "force for global good".

On sanctions against Myanmar, EAM says India does not recognise "national sanctions"

Also important point here is that the joint statement doesn't talk about Russia-Ukraine crisis

#Quad #Geopolitics #MEA

Australia announces:
-$16.6 million to strengthen linkages with India’s key policy and finance institutions.

-$8.9 million to support enhanced business engagement and an increased Austrade presence in India.

-$17.2 million to extend the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund to continue supporting a world-class relationship and establish an Australia-India Innovation and Technology Challenge.

-$35.7 million for a Green Steel Partnership, a Critical Minerals Research Partnership, and a contribution to the International Energy Agency to support cooperation on research, production and commercialisation of clean technologies, critical minerals and energy.

-$25.2 million to expand the Australian Space Agency’s International Space Investment initiative to deepen space cooperation with India.

-$28.1 million to launch a Centre for Australia-India Relations to deepen community ties, promote public discussions and policy dialogue, and engage the Indian diaspora.

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#Trade #Investments #Quad #ForeignAffairs

https://t.co/hrI6R3wZUg

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajnath-jaishankar-to-visit-us-and-then-japan-for-22-dialogues-this-month/articleshow/90600402.cms

Thailand gets #MakeInIndia Covid vaccines under #Quad initiative

#Health #Medicine #ForeignAffairs
https://t.co/7GsH2ibeyv

At the Tokyo Summit, the Quad leaders will welcome a major maritime initiative: the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA), which will allow tracking of “dark shipping.”

Quad Cybersecurity Partnership guided by new joint cyber principles will build resilience across the 4 countries in response to cybersecurity vulnerabilities & cyber threats.Quad will strengthen info-sharing among Quad country Computer Emergency Response Teams

Quad partners will strengthen their commitments to the free, full, and open sharing of space-based civil Earth observation data, and will jointly develop and promote the concept of Open Science in the region and globally.

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#ForeignAffairs #Geopolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5VfuzhJrMM

We, the leaders of India,Australia,& the United States, are shocked at the tragic assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe," Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,US President Joe Biden.

PM Abe was a transformative leader for Japan and for Japanese relations with each one of our countries. He also played a formative role in the founding of the #Quad partnership & worked tirelessly to advance a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Our hearts are with the people of Japan and Prime Minister Kishida in this moment of grief. We will honour Prime Minister Abe’s memory by redoubling our work towards a peaceful and prosperous region," reads the joint statement.

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Quad vs BRICS Satellite Alliance 🛰️ 📡

#Space #Geopolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOn2vU8kqcQ