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External Affairs Minister <keyword id="491850" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="S-Jaishankar">S Jaishankar</keyword> on Tuesday held talks with US Secretary of State <keyword id="3109665" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mike-Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</keyword> in Tokyo, focusing on various aspects of bilateral ties and ways to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Jaishankar and Pompeo are in the Japanese capital to attend a ministerial meeting of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition comprising India, the US, Australia and Japan. "Began my Tokyo visit with a bilateral meeting with @SecPompeo. Pleased to see the progress of our partnership in so many fields. Will work together for stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific," Jaishankar tweeted. It is learnt that Jaishankar and Pompeo also deliberated on overall ties including evolving security scenario around India. In November 2017, the four countries gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the "Quad" to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence. The first meeting of foreign ministers of the four countries under the 'Quad' framework had taken place in New York in September 2019. The second ministerial meeting of the Quadrilateral coalition on Tuesday is expected to collectively affirm the importance of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of growing Chinese assertiveness in the region. During his two-day visit to Tokyo, Jaishankar will also hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne India is also expanding bilateral cooperation with Japan, the US and Australia in the Indo-Pacific region. The US has been pushing for a greater role for India in the Indo-Pacific which is seen by many countries as an effort to contain China's growing clout in the region. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/gst-compensation-deadlock-continues-government-to-release-20000-crore-cess-tonight-and-offers-relief-for-small-companies/articleshow/78496779.cms">GST compensation deadlock continues — government to release ₹20,000 crore cess tonight and offers relief for small companies</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/the-indian-air-force-is-ready-for-a-two-front-war-with-china-and-pakistan-says-air-chief-marshal-rks-bhadauria/articleshow/78488605.cms">The Indian Air Force is ready for a two-front war, says Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/tcs-shares-hit-record-high-board-to-mull-over-share-buyback-and-earnings-on-october-7/articleshow/78486980.cms">TCS' value crosses ₹10 trillion after share price rallies more than 7% ahead of earnings</a>

Jaishankar holds talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo amid QUAD meeting in Tokyo

India, the US, Japan and Australia on Tuesday agreed to step up coordination in creating a free and open Indo-Pacific, amidst China''s growing assertiveness in the strategically vital region. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, External Affairs Minister <keyword id="491850" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="S-Jaishankar">S Jaishankar</keyword>, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne affirmed strengthening of a free, open and rules-based international order, the Japanese government said in a statement issued after a meeting in Tokyo. The four major Indo-Pacific democracies, collectively known as the Quad, vowed to coordinate in ensuring peace and stability of the region, Kyodo news agency quoted the statement as saying. The in-person meeting of the foreign ministers of the ''Quad'' hosted by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi took place in the backdrop of China''s aggressive military behaviour in the Indo-Pacific, South China Sea and along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Addressing the 2nd Quad ministerial meeting, Prime Minister Suga said a free and open Indo-Pacific is "widely recognised by the international community as a vision of peace and prosperity of this region," and that his government''s basic policy is to "further continue advancing our members to this end." Suga, who assumed the premiership last month, underscored the need to deepen quadrilateral ties, particularly as the novel coronavirus has spread globally. "The international community is facing multiple and various challenges. This is exactly why right now is the time that we must further deepen our coordination with as many countries as possible that share our vision," he said. In his opening remarks, Jaishankar said that as vibrant and pluralistic democracies with shared values, the four nations have collectively affirmed the importance of maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. "We remain committed to upholding the rules-based international order, underpinned by the rule of law, transparency, freedom of navigation in the international seas, respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes," he said, amidst growing global concern over China''s expansionist behaviour. "Our objective remains advancing the security and the economic interests of all countries having legitimate and vital interests in the region," Jaishankar said. China is engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. Beijing has also made substantial progress in militarising its man-made islands in the past few years. Beijing claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea. But Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan have counterclaims. In the East China Sea, China has territorial disputes with Japan. The South China Sea and the East China Sea are stated to be rich in minerals, oil and other natural resources. They are also vital to global trade. Although the US lays no claims to the disputed waters, it has challenged China''s growing territorial claims in the South China Sea by deploying warships and fighter jets to assert freedom of navigation and overflight patrols in the strategically vital region. Meanwhile, Japan has lodged a protest against China''s creation of a digital museum laying out its claims to a group of Japan-controlled islets in the East China Sea, the government''s top spokesman said on Monday. "The Senkaku Islands have been recognised historically and under international law as an inherent part of Japan''s territory and we maintain effective control over them," Kyodo news agency quoted Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato as saying at a press conference. China is "not in a position" to create such a website regarding the islets, Kato said, adding that Japan has demanded through diplomatic channels that it be taken down. The dispute over ownership of the uninhabited islets, which China calls Diaoyu, has often strained Japan-China relations. China frequently sends coast guard or government ships to nearby waters in a bid to push its claims to them, the report said. 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India and fellow QUAD countries agree to step up coordination in Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness in South China Sea

China has taken a sudden turn toward "gross aggression" against its neighbours, including India, and in the Indo-Pacific, a senior administration official said after the conclusion of the Quad ministerial in Tokyo, wherein the leaders vowed to coordinate in ensuring peace and stability of the strategically vital region. The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group - the US, Japan, India and Australia - met in Tokyo on Tuesday in what was their first in-person talks since the coronavirus pandemic began. The meeting took place in the backdrop of China's aggressive military behaviour in the Indo-Pacific, South China Sea and along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne affirmed strengthening of a free, open and rules-based international order. Chinese aggressiveness was a matter of concern, a senior State Department official told reporters travelling with Pompeo. "That is the concern. I mean, if you look at the conflict in the Himalayas between China and India, something that has been in the past handled according to unspoken or unwritten rules to prevent these things from getting out of control, and then you look at what happened here recently, where you've got actually people beating each other to death," the official said. "If you look at the single thing that's driving all this, it's a sudden turn toward gross aggression by the Chinese government in its entire periphery. I mean, you take it all the way around the Indo-Pacific and its western borders; you're seeing things that you haven't seen before, and these are responding to that," said the official. India and China are locked in a nearly five-month-long border standoff in eastern Ladakh China is engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. Beijing has also made substantial progress in militarising its man-made islands in the past few years. Beijing claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea. But Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan have counterclaims. In the East China Sea, China has territorial disputes with Japan. The South China Sea and the East China Sea are stated to be rich in minerals, oil and other natural resources. They are also vital to global trade. Although the US lays no claims to the disputed waters, it has challenged China's growing territorial claims in the South China Sea by deploying warships and fighter jets to assert freedom of navigation and overflight patrols in the strategically vital region. Another US official said that the Chinese aggression certainly draws a big part of this. "But it's also about the different models that we stand for, democratic countries and an authoritarian model, and which ones will be sort of more successful in the long run. We obviously believe ours is the one to follow to ensure that countries can best deal with the problems that they face and the common challenges that we have," the official said. In Beijing there seems to be a race to get to certain goals, the official said. "They talk about their 2021 centenary goal, their 2035 goal, and their 2049 goal. They're accelerating. There's also been this unfortunately bashing of nationalism inside the People's Republic of China by the government, which then corners it to do things that it otherwise would have been able to back down from," the official said. A third official said that the problem also has to be framed correctly. "This isn't about a US-China dispute. This is about the free world versus Chinese authoritarianism. The secretary (Pompeo) speaks frequently about that, and that's the way he framed his discussions, and there was a lot of agreement around that table," he said. As a growing power, they need to understand that there are things that great powers do. They participate in arms talks when they have a nuclear capability with delivery systems. "These are all things that we've talked about they talk about, again, the US versus China," the official said. "It's everybody is saying if you're going to have these capabilities and if you're going to have this economic power - WTO, you should use it in ways that are acceptable to everybody and not exclusively for your benefit as part of a global system," the second official said. The Quad ministerial lasted for about three hours in Tokyo, during which the leaders discussed topics of mutual interest and concern. "There is no avoiding the fact that it's China and its actions in the region that make the Quad actually matter and function this time around," the official said. "When you think of the Quad, you think of security. But as the secretary said yesterday, security comes in many forms: economic security, protecting intellectual property rights. I mean, all things that we do, to include the traditional security, all figure into this," the first official said. 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China's 'gross aggression' was a matter of concern at the latest QUAD meeting, says US official

New York, <keyword id="10234427" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="us-vice-president-kamala-harris">US Vice President Kamala Harris</keyword> will also participate in the first Quad summit with President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India, Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga of Japan on Friday, according to the <keyword id="6356037" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="white-house">White House</keyword>. The virtual summit is scheduled for 8.30 a.m. in Washington and 7 p.m. in Delhi (10.30 p.m. in Canberra and 12.30 a.m. Saturday in Tokyo). Reporters will be allowed to see the opening of the meeting, according to the White House schedules for Biden and Harris. Biden's spokesperson Jen Psaki said that National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will give a readout of the meeting at noon (10.30 p.m. India time). Harris has had limited personal exposure to international leaders and has started a round of talks with some of them, starting with President Emmanuel Macaron of France and Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau of Canada and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. According to readouts, they discussed a wide range of regional and global issues during the one-on-one calls. Introducing her during their visit to the State Department, Biden said that Harris was committed to "crafting a foreign policy that puts diplomacy first and that keeps our nation safe and delivers real results to the American people". Most of Harris's political career has been in California and during her four years in the Senate, she gained direct exposure to international affairs as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. She is reported to be planning regular lunches with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to deepen her familiarity with the nitty-gritty of foreign policy. Modi and Harris will probably be face-to-face, though virtually, for the first time on Friday as there does not appear to be a record of any meetings between them. After her election, Modi tweeted: "Your success is pathbreaking, and a matter of immense pride not just for your chithis, but also for all Indian-Americans." "Chithis" as it is pronounced, is the Tamil term for aunts who are mother's younger sisters and Harris used the word to include them while acknowledging her extended family in her speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination for vice president. Harris has been frosty towards the current Indian government. While a Senator she criticised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for refusing to meet with the House Foreign Affairs Committee because it wanted to include Indian-American Pramila Jayapal, a critic of Modi's government, in the meeting although she is not a member of the committee. Harris's niece <keyword id="6354744" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="meena">Meena</keyword> recently got involved in the farmer's agitation in India tweeting support for it even though she has not opposed conditions in the US similar to what the Indian farmers are against.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russian and Chinese bombers conducted another joint operation over Northeast Asia on Tuesday.</li><li>The flight reflects their increasing military cooperation and tighter relations amid tensions with the West.</li></ul>At least six Russian and Chinese military aircraft conducted a joint operation over the Sea of <keyword id="6355311" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="japan" source="Orion">Japan</keyword>, East <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> Sea, and the Western Pacific on Tuesday in the latest <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/improving-china-ties-allows-russia-to-raise-ukraine-military-pressure-2022-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sign of their deepening military relationship</a> amid growing tensions with their neighbors and the US.The joint flight is the first exercise between the two countries since <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s attack on Ukraine began on February 24 and appears to be their first joint bomber flight since late 2021.It came shortly after <keyword id="11944254" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="south-korea" source="Orion">South Korea</keyword>'s new president took office on May 10 and as President Joe Biden wrapped up a trip to the region during which he met with South Korean and Japanese leaders, as well as with leaders of the Quad, a multilateral grouping seen as an effort to counter China's growing influence."We believe the fact that this action was taken during the Quad summit makes it more provocative than in the past," Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-it-scrambled-jets-after-russian-chinese-warplanes-neared-airspace-2022-05-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> Tuesday.<div type="image" title="Biden Kishida Modi Albanese Quad leaders" height="1371" width="2000" msid="91772688" hostid="261"></div>South Korea's military <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220524009200325?input=tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said it spotted</a> two Chinese <keyword id="13038302" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="h-6" source="Orion">H-6</keyword> bombers at 7:56 a.m. local time entering South Korea's air-defense identification zone off its southwestern coast.The bombers flew toward the Sea of Japan, known as the East Sea in South Korea, where they continued flying with Russian <keyword id="14019661" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tu-95" source="Orion">Tu-95</keyword> bombers and fighter aircraft from both countries. Seoul said four Chinese and two Russian military aircraft were spotted over the East China Sea in the afternoon.South Korean fighter jets were scrambled "to conduct tactical steps" in response, Seoul said, but the Russian and Chinese planes did not enter the country's territorial airspace.Kishi <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-it-scrambled-jets-after-russian-chinese-warplanes-neared-airspace-2022-05-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> two Chinese bombers flew from the East China Sea toward the Sea of Japan, where they were joined by two Russian aircraft and flew together toward the East China Sea. Another pair of Chinese planes later joined the Russian bombers and flew toward the Western Pacific. A Russian reconnaissance aircraft also flew south into the Sea of Japan.None of the aircraft entered Japan's airspace, Kishi said, but Tokyo scrambled fighter jets in response and relayed "grave concerns" to Moscow and Beijing through diplomatic channels.China's Defense Ministry <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-it-scrambled-jets-after-russian-chinese-warplanes-neared-airspace-2022-05-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the joint flight part of an "annual military cooperation plan." Russia's Defense Ministry <a href="https://tass.com/defense/1455139" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Su-30SM fighters supported the Tu-95 and <keyword id="13038304" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="h-6k" source="Orion">H-6K</keyword> bombers during the 13-hour patrol and that "the aircraft of both countries operated strictly in compliance with the provisions of <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">international</keyword> law."The flights reflect <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-commanders-worry-about-growing-russia-china-military-cooperation-2021-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Chinese-Russian relationship that has warmed dramatically</a> in recent years, including through <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-should-worry-about-partner-china-us-ambassador-pick-says-2021-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint military exercises on land, at sea, and in the air</a>. Chinese and Russian bombers conducted similar flights over the same region in 2019, 2020, and 2021.<div type="image" title="Russia China bomber flights Korea Japan map" height="1247" width="1240" msid="91772689" hostid="261"></div>Chinese <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1239423.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state media said</a> after the flight in November 2021 that the operations were meant "to further develop the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination" and weren't directed at "any third party."In early February, Russia and China heralded their "friendship" as having "no limits" and "no 'forbidden' areas of cooperation" in a joint statement issued after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/improving-china-ties-allows-russia-to-raise-ukraine-military-pressure-2022-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a summit between leaders</a> Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/moscow-not-sure-it-needs-resumed-ties-with-west-will-work-ties-with-china-lavrov-2022-05-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the Western response to Russia's attack on Ukraine as "a 'dictator's position'" and said Moscow would focus on expanding ties with China "even faster." Asked about Lavrov's comments, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/202205/t20220524_10692075.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday that China-Russia relations "have withstood the new test of the changing international landscape" and "will not be affected by others."Exchanges of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recent-bomber-flights-reflect-chinas-rapid-military-modernization-2022-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military expertise and hardware</a>, much of it from Russia to China, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-commanders-worry-about-growing-russia-china-military-cooperation-2021-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been a main feature of their relationship</a>. US officials <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/us/politics/russia-china-ukraine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> Moscow has requested Chinese military support during its war in Ukraine but haven't seen signs Beijing has provided it.But the joint bomber flight shows that China is still willing to "<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-china-russia-bomber-drill-shows-depth-their-alignment-2022-05-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closely align</a>" with Russia, a Biden administration official told Reuters on Tuesday."China is not walking away from Russia. Instead, the exercise shows that China is ready to help Russia defend its east while Russia fights in its west," the official said.

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