Quad announces working group on counter-terrorism

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The foreign ministers of Quad countries on Friday reaffirmed the grouping’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and said they strongly supported the rule of law, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peaceful settlement of disputes, in comments seen as an oblique message to China.

After External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi, and Australia's Penny Wong met, it was announced that a Quad working group on counter-terrorism would be established to explore measures to counter new and emerging forms of terrorism, radicalisation, and violent extremism.