<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in Washington DC, where both leaders arrived to take part in the first in-person meeting of the Quad.</p>.<p>Modi’s meeting with Morrison was the first between the two leaders after Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom launched a trilateral security alliance, AUKUS, primarily to counter the hegemonic aspirations of China in the Indo-Pacific region.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/aukus-and-diluted-quad-cast-shadow-over-modi-s-us-visit-1033408.html" target="_blank">AUKUS and diluted Quad cast shadow over Modi’s US visit</a></strong></p>.<p>The two Prime Ministers discussed “regional and global developments as well as ongoing bilateral cooperation in areas like dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade, defence, clean energy and others, according to Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.</p>.<p>Modi and Morrison will join Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the United States President Joe Biden for the Quad summit at the White House on Friday.</p>.<p>The launch of the AUKUS cast a shadow over the Quad, which too was launched by the US, India, Japan and Australia as a coalition of the democratic nations to counter China.</p>.<p>New Delhi, however, clarified that the Quad, unlike the AUKUS, was not a security alliance.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in Washington DC, where both leaders arrived to take part in the first in-person meeting of the Quad.</p>.<p>Modi’s meeting with Morrison was the first between the two leaders after Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom launched a trilateral security alliance, AUKUS, primarily to counter the hegemonic aspirations of China in the Indo-Pacific region.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/aukus-and-diluted-quad-cast-shadow-over-modi-s-us-visit-1033408.html" target="_blank">AUKUS and diluted Quad cast shadow over Modi’s US visit</a></strong></p>.<p>The two Prime Ministers discussed “regional and global developments as well as ongoing bilateral cooperation in areas like dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade, defence, clean energy and others, according to Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.</p>.<p>Modi and Morrison will join Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the United States President Joe Biden for the Quad summit at the White House on Friday.</p>.<p>The launch of the AUKUS cast a shadow over the Quad, which too was launched by the US, India, Japan and Australia as a coalition of the democratic nations to counter China.</p>.<p>New Delhi, however, clarified that the Quad, unlike the AUKUS, was not a security alliance.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
