New Quad takes shape with focus on tech, trade, big data

NEW DELHI: India, Israel, the UAE and the US sat down for their first “quadrilateral” meeting on Monday night, opening the way to a new geopolitical equation with closer cooperation on trade, technology, Big Data and maritime security in a region that has been volatile and riven with deep fault lines.

"A fruitful first meeting with Israeli APM and FM@- YairLapid, UAE FM@ABZayed and US Secretary of State @SecBlinken this evening," foreign minister Jaishankar tweeted after the meeting.

The new grouping is described as an international forum for economic cooperation. The focus areas, according to official readouts of the participating countries, will be trade, technology cooperation, Big Data and maritime security, with the objective to generate synergies that go beyond government-level cooperation.

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