EAM Jaishankar to join Quad foreign ministers' meet in US tomorrow

Jaishankar is visiting the US from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of secretary of state Marco Rubio, the external affairs ministry said on Sunday.

The Quad foreign ministers’ meeting on July 1 will build on discussions held at an earlier meeting in Washington on January 21, the ministry said. That meeting was the first major foreign policy engagement of the Trump administration.

The foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the US will exchange views on regional and global developments, particularly those concerning the Indo-Pacific, and review progress made on various Quad initiatives in the run-up to the Quad Leaders’ Summit, which will be hosted by India, the external affairs ministry said.