Last week the leaders of the Quad nations -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australia's PM Scott Morrison and Japan's Yoshi-Hide Suga -- came together for the grouping's first summit.
At that crucial meeting, the four leaders discussed the framework for an open and free Indo-Pacific. The other key issue on their agenda was the battle against COVID-19 and the vaccination push.
To discuss the key takeaways from the summit, Parikshit Luthra spoke to Barry O'Farrell, the Australian ambassador to India.
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(Edited by : Bivekananda Biswas)