(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Quad-Plus Diplomacy

Topic: Quad-Plus Diplomacy

Guest:

Patrick Gerard Buchan, (Director, Center for Strategic & International Studies)
Abhijit Singh, (Head, Maritime Policy Initiative, ORF)
Vishnu Prakash, (Former Ambassador)

Topic Description:

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently held a video conference with his counterparts from India, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan and South Korea on issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. Pompeo and his counterparts discussed the importance of international cooperation, transparency, and accountability in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and in addressing its causes. The meeting also discussed collaboration toward preventing future global health crises and reaffirming the importance of the rules-based international order. This meeting comes in the backdrop of another meeting held earlier this month between senior officials of the four “Quad” countries. Quad meetings are no longer unusual. But off-late we've seen the Quad countries widen their scope and add other like minded countries, which is special.