Top defense officials from India and the United States pledged Saturday to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defense ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Quad’s determination for collective response to COVID-19 pandemic in terms of synergizing vaccination efforts to roll out one billion vaccines by 2022, has attracted global attention.
The QUAD, a regional grouping seen as part of efforts to balance China’s growing military and economic power, called for the region to be free of “coercion”, in a hint at Chinese expansionism and military buildup in the region.