Well, we are learning that US Secretary of State Anthony
Blinken is going to meet External Affairs Minister Doctor S
Jay Shankar in Tokyo,
Japan today. We will see what exactly the two leaders
have to speak about and what details can we collect
from that particular meet in Tokyo.
But at this point of time,
big word that we have received from our sources is
that USA Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is going to
meet External Affairs
Minister of India Doctor S Jay Shankar in Tokyo,
Japan today itself.
Yes, CNN News 18 Akanksha Swaroop also joining us on
the phone line.
Akanksha, very good morning to you.
In the past couple of months,
we have seen US and Indias relationship taking a toll
with us criticizing India in
in Hardeep Singh, Niger case as well.
Apart from that, Prime Minister Modis visit to Russia as
well.
What kind of fireworks can be actually expected when the
two leaders meet today in Tokyo?
I think we have some network issues
in maintaining that line with Akanksha Swaroop over there.
We will try to reconnect those line.
But at this point of time,
the big word that we have received from our sources
is that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is going
to meet External Affairs Minister Doctor S Jaya Shankar in
Tokyo, Japan today itself. Akanksha,
in fact, is back with us on the broadcast.
Akanksha, my question to you was that
US and Indias relationship has taken a serious toll in
the past couple of months with the US criticizing Indias
every move,
be it in the case of Hardeep Singh Nigjas death
that was being blamed by Canada onto Indias shoulder or
Prime Minister Modis visit to Russia as well.
What kind of fireworks can we expect in this particular
meet that the two leaders are going to have in
Tokyo today?
You know, as far as prime ministers
visit to Russia is concerned,
that is also being countered by
another information that has come in of Prime Minister visiting
Ukraine in the month of August.
So India stance has always been very clear about multipolarity
and that is something I,
I believe that the United States has only learned to
respect.
But the constant interventions in our internal matters has been
a regular sale.
Let's focus on Quad Sakshi because this has been a
grouping of India,
the United States, Australia and Japan,
also to counter belligerent China.
Remember, the ministers are likely to be taking forward discussions
that were held last in the meeting that had taken
place in September of
2023 in New York, and they will now be building
on that.
Remember, a Quad meet was supposed to happen
in January this year when India had extended an invite
to the US President
to be visiting the Republic Day as the guest of
Warner.
But that had not happened to the that Quad meeting
could not take place.
It's now expected to happen in November.
But this Quad meeting that will be taking place between
the foreign ministers of the country is going to be
very crucial. It will be building on what had been
decided earlier and is also a president
before that Quad meet that takes place
in November this year. Having said that,
they will also be talking about important
agendas which is about the Indo Pacific,
much of efforts to counter China,
inclusive areas of infrastructure, telecommunication
or there'll be transparent alternatives offered to the countries.
One major area of focus is going to be economic
security initiatives.
They are very crucial right now in terms of,
you know, supply chains being disrupted.
We've seen how that has also impacted infrastructural projects.
So the Quad meet is particularly to,
you know, also focus on South Asia,
on the Indo Pacific, on how to counter a belligerent
China.
Not to forget that North Korea has also been joining
hands with China and Russia.
North Korea, Iran and China have become a powerful grouping
at the same time.
Before I quickly wrap up Sakshi,
I'd like to inform our viewers that the squad ministers
meeting in Tokyo has will be taking place shortly.
The external affairs minister met
all the Afghan leaders. He had attended the ASEAN summit
on 27th.
So its been a whirlwind tour of thoughts.
He was in Laos meeting
his town to pass in Russia of
Russia, EU2TA, South Korea, Singapore in that ASEAN summit.
Back to right Akansha, thank you so much for walking
us through all those crucial updates emerging with regards to
the meeting that two leaders are going to have today
in Tokyo. Well, keep coming back to you for more
details of that.