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Historic: 1st QUAD summit held; Important takeaways
The leaders of the QUAD group of nations, which a regional alliance of four countries — met together in a virtual summit on Friday. This is seen as part of efforts to counter China's growing military and economic power.
And finally leaders of the four QUAD nations — India, Japan, USA and Australia, gathered for the first time, giving straight signal to China's imprudent behaviour with its neighbours. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japan's Yoshihide Suga, Australia's Scott Morrison and POTUS Joe Biden joined on Friday in the maiden online summit of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
The meeting is seen as part of efforts to counter the growing military and economic power of China. It was also the first interaction between US President Joe Biden and PM Narendra Modi at a publi...