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NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on February 24 said the coming together of India, US, Australia and Japan as part of the Quad group serves to illustrate the growth of a multipolar order and advance a post-Cold War thinking against ‘spheres of influence’.
“I believe it (Quad) has five messages. One, it reflects the growth of a multipolar order. Two, it is post-Alliance and post-Cold War thinking. Three, it is against spheres of influence. Four, It expresses the democratizing of the global space and a collaborative, not unilateral approach. And five, it is a statement that in this day and age, others cannot have a veto on our choices,” Jaishankar said.
Jaishankar was addressing the ‘Quad Think Tank Forum’ session at the Raisina Dialogue. The session was primarily focused on the Quad, as well as a free and open Indo-Pacific. Highlighting the significance of Quad grouping in Indo-Pacific at the session, Jaishankar said, “Now, this in turn would elicit the question, why the Indo-Pacific? And the answer, I think, by now is very clear,” he said.