The first ever physically held Quad Summit comprising leaders of India, USA, Japan and Australia on Saturday added heft to the group by launching projects in the fields of high-tech, cyber space and education while reaffirming their vaccine cooperation and deciding to coordinate positions to counter cross-border terror from Afghan territory and redouble efforts to ensure that the Quad is a force for regional peace, stability, security, and prosperity in what can be viewed as veiled message to China’s aggression.
“In South Asia, we will closely coordinate our diplomatic, economic, and human-rights policies towards Afghanistan and will deepen our counter-terrorism and humanitarian cooperation in the months ahead in accordance with UNSCR 2593. We reaffirm that Afghan territory should not be used to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or to finance terrorist acts, and reiterate the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan,” according to the Joint Statement issued by the Quad leaders.
“We denounce the use of terrorist proxies and emphasized the importance of denying any logistical, financial or military support to terrorist groups which could be used to launch or plan terror attacks, including cross-border attacks. We stand together in support of Afghan nationals, and call on the Taliban to provide safe passage to any person wishing to leave Afghanistan, and to ensure that the human rights of all Afghans, including women,...
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