QUAD Foreign Ministers Meeting , Unanimously Slams Pahalgam Terror Attack ; Seeks Justice Without Any Delay

The Quad grouping has called for bringing the perpetrators, organisers and financiers of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice without any delay and urged UN member nations to extend cooperation for it.

The four-nation grouping reaffirmed its commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific that is free from “coercion” and strongly opposed any unilateral actions to change the status quo by force, in a clear message to China that came amid concerns over Beijing’s military muscle-flexing in the region.

The foreign ministers of the four-nation grouping met in the US capital on Tuesday to firm up a broad agenda for the bloc’s annual summit in India later this year.

The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya.

The ministers condemned the April 22 attack in the strongest terms and strongly pitched for action against cross-border terrorism.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers, however, did not mention Pakistan or the four-day military conflict between Indian and Pakistani militaries in May.