Access to COVID-19 vaccines, cooperation on technology, and climate change are at the top of the agenda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined U.S. President Joseph Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga for a virtual summit of the Quadrilateral Framework (Quad) on 12th March, 2021 — the first time leaders of the Indo-Pacific grouping are meeting.
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The Quad meeting, that China has referred to as an “Indo-Pacific NATO”, will be watched most closely for signals on how the grouping will deal with the challenge from Beijing’s recent moves in the Pacific as well as at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.
India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines that has already shipped out more than 48 million doses worldwide, is expected to request Quad investment to scale up its outreach further.
