New Delhi: India, Israel, UAE and the US sitting for their first “rectangular” meeting on Monday night, opening the way towards a new geopolitical equation with closer cooperation in trade, technology, large data and maritime security in an area has been fluctuating and running with deep fault lines.
“The first useful meeting with APM Israel and FM @ – Yairlapid, UAE FM @ abzayed and US State Minister @SecBlinken tonight,” Foreign Minister Jaisankar Tweeted after the meeting.
New grouping is described as an international forum for economic cooperation.
The focus area, according to official readings from participating countries, will become trade, technology cooperation, large data and maritime security, with the aim of producing synergies that exceed government level cooperation.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Jaishankar joined the meeting from Jerusalem, while others were present from their country.
Lapid was quoted said later, “around this virtual table, there is a series of unique abilities, knowledge, and experience that can be used to make the network we want to make.” “I think the word we are looking for here is synergy, because this is what we will try and to start with this meeting.
Synergy that will help us work together in infrastructure, digital infrastructure, transportation, maritime security and other things that concern us All …
the key to success is how fast we can switch from the business-to-government ‘to’ to the government ‘to’ ‘, “he added.
Jaisankar said, “Discuss working together closer to economic growth and global problems.
Approve a quick follow-up.” In a brief comment, he said, “All three of you are among the closest relationships we have, if not the closest.” He added, “I think it’s very clear that on the big problem we we all think with very similar and what will be useful is if we can agree to some practical things to do.” The group discusses the possibility of working together on shared infrastructure projects.
The meeting was also intentional in each country appointing a senior level bureaucrat to be part of a shared working group to realize these decisions.
The four ministers promised to meet directly during the Dubai exhibition in the coming months.
The US State Department spokesman in a statement said Blinken and his three colleagues discussed the expansion of economic and political cooperation in West Asia and Asia.
“Blinken and ministers also discuss people for people related to technology and science, and how to support the health of the global public regarding the Covid-19 pandemic,” said the statement.
In his remarks, Blinken described Israel, UAE and India as three of our “most strategic partners” and said that by “bringing friends along with new ways, we make this partnership greater than their number of parts”.
Blinken added: “I think that’s what this collected.
Sitting here in Washington, I can say it is very simple with Israel, UAE and India we have three of our most strategic partners.
And considering so many overlapping flowers – energy, Climate, trade, regional security – It looks like a very good idea to try and use this new format.
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New Quad is needed with a focus on technology, trade, large data
