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20 years of QUAD

January 5 , 2025 16 days 150 0
  • The foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the United States issued a joint statement on December 31 to mark the “20th anniversary of the Quad Cooperation”.
  • The four had come together “in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami” and its object was “service to the people of this region.
  • The Quad formally emerged in 2007, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposing the idea.
  • The first official Quad talks were held in the Philippines in 2017.
  • Australia withdrew in 2008 due to Chinese pressure and regional tensions and returned in 2018.

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