British PM Boris Johnson will visit India on 26th April. This is Johnson's first international trip after Brexit. Why did he choose India? The UK wants to put its engagements with India & the Indo-Pacific first after Brexit. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Why Boris Johnson is travelling to India

US, Japan, India and Australia to hold quad meet, till date Australian PM Scott Morrison has confirmed his plans of attending the meet. The meet will happen amid China's maritime assertiveness in the region.

US, Japan, India, Australia to hold Quad meets

The Quad is aimed at ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific, a region that witnessed increasing Chinese military assertiveness in recent years.

Biden admin views Quad as having essential momentum

The US, Japan, Australia, and India will hold virtual Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad meet. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be speaking to his counterparts as part of efforts to balance China’s growing military and economic power.

US to hold virtual Quad meet with Australia, India and Japan

The United States on Wednesday announced talks with Australia, Japan and India to further boost the "Quad" alliance despite warnings from China. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with the foreign ministers of the three countries with coronavirus pandemic and climate change being on the agenda, the State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Wednesday.

US to hold talks with 'Quad' partners despite China pressure

The Quad grouping makes sense, but to make a difference it needs to speak in one voice. The alliance has informally existed for 13 long years but seems to have restricted itself to mere posturing. WION's Palki Sharma says it's time the Quad become proactive and not reactive.

Gravitas: Time to turn Quad into a formal alliance?

The United States on Tuesday described the Quad, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue as a "key example" of Washington working with its "closest partners" for the "good" of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

US says Quad 'key example' of Washington working with allies for 'good' of Indo-Pacific

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US State Secretary Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation, focusing on developments in the Indo-Pacific as well as cooperation under the framework of Quad.

Indian EAM S Jaishankar speaks to US State Secretary Blinken

Speaking yet again on the Indo Pacific vision, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on Monday, in response to a question recalled his conversation with his "good friend" External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.

Russian FM calls India 'very close partner'; says discussed Indo-Pacific with 'good friend' Jaishankar

According to the report: The Indo-Pacific strategy pledges to reinforce Washington’s economic ties with Southeast Asia, including by pursuing trade agreements that contain trade and investment standards set by the United States and that reduce the region’s economic reliance on China.

U.S. declassified Indo-Pacific report envisions India's growing role in the region | WION report

India sees IORA, the Indian Ocean Rim Association playing an important role in the Indo Pacific, with India's Minister of State (MOS) in the Ministry of External Affairs V Muraleedharan highlighting its "importance as a platform for regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region and the wider Indo-Pacific".

India sees Indian Ocean Rim Association playing a role in Indo Pacific

Batting yet again for the Indo Pacific concept, India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that "Indo-Pacific is actually a bread-and-butter expression" of "our political, economic, connectivity, travel, and societal interests".

Indo-Pacific is a 'bread-and-butter expression' says EAM

India's external affairs Minister S Jaishankar batting for the Indo-Pacific concept has said that it represents "a natural evolution... the evolution of India", a concept backed by Washington, several European countries, and ASEAN coming up with an outlook on it.

Indo-Pacific represents evolution of India: S Jaishankar

The Maldives is looking for a cohesive strategy for its Indo-Pacific engagement such that it can "benefit our own development priorities", the spokesperson for the Maldives President has said.

Indo-Pacific engagement should benefit development priorities: Maldives President Spokesperson

In a two-hour-long bilateral meet between US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, key focus areas were Indo-Pacific, the situation in Afghanistan and a follow up on their Tokyo discussions earlier this month.

Pompeo-Jaishankar discuss Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan

Four countries have one agenda to stop China's efforts to dominate the Indo-Pacific. China's expansionism threat is not new and neither the 'Quad' or the Quadrilateral alliance between India, Australia, United States and Japan.

Quad: A potential force to counter China needs to move beyond symbolism

To counter China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, India, the US, Japan and Australia's collective alliance known as 'Quad' agreed to increase coordination for the creation of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

To counter China's assertiveness, Quad calls for 'free' and 'open' Indo-Pacific

The 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and Japan symbolises the deep level of mutual trust and understanding between the two countries and reflects the synergy between New Delhi's Act East Policy and Japan's vision for free and open Indo-Pacific, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.

2+2 dialogue reflects synergy between India's Act East Policy and Japan's vision for free, open Indo-Pacific: Jaishankar

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that Indo-Pacific is the logical step after Act East for India. "The Indo-pacific is not tomorrow's forecast, but yesterday's reality.

Indo-Pacific logical step for India after Act East: S Jaishankar

The United States and India in Delhi on Friday held a 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue to discuss over the diplomatic stance on the Indo-Pacific region as well as stabilizing peace in Afghanistan.

2+2 meeting: India, US discuss Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan peace reconciliation

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Gravitas: Why Boris Johnson is travelling to India

US, Japan, India, Australia to hold Quad meets

Biden admin views Quad as having essential momentum

US to hold virtual Quad meet with Australia, India and Japan

US to hold talks with 'Quad' partners despite China pressure

Gravitas: Time to turn Quad into a formal alliance?

Gravitas: Time to turn Quad into a formal alliance?

US says Quad 'key example' of Washington working with allies for 'good' of Indo-Pacific

Indian EAM S Jaishankar speaks to US State Secretary Blinken

Russian FM calls India 'very close partner'; says discussed Indo-Pacific with 'good friend' Jaishankar

U.S. declassified Indo-Pacific report envisions India's growing role in the region | WION report

India sees Indian Ocean Rim Association playing a role in Indo Pacific

Indo-Pacific is a 'bread-and-butter expression' says EAM

Indo-Pacific represents evolution of India: S Jaishankar

Indo-Pacific engagement should benefit development priorities: Maldives President Spokesperson

Pompeo-Jaishankar discuss Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan

Quad: A potential force to counter China needs to move beyond symbolism

To counter China's assertiveness, Quad calls for 'free' and 'open' Indo-Pacific

2+2 dialogue reflects synergy between India's Act East Policy and Japan's vision for free, open Indo-Pacific: Jaishankar

PM Modi's day-1 in Russia: Visit to shipbuilding complex, Judo championship and more

Indo-Pacific logical step for India after Act East: S Jaishankar

2+2 meeting: India, US discuss Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan peace reconciliation