New Delhi,
\nThe fourth round of the India-Japan-Australia trilateral consultations on regional issues was held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar hosted his Australian counterpart Frances Adamson and Vice Foreign Minister of Japan Shinsuke J Sugiyama in Delhi.<\/p>\n
The \u201cgrowing convergence\u201d of the three countries in the Indo-Pacific was central to discussions.<\/p>\n
The official Indian release said the three sides \u201cunderscored their shared commitment to peace, democracy, economic growth and a rules-based order in the region. They underscored their support for ASEAN centrality in the political and security architecture of the Indo-Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interestingly the talks were held close on the heels of the Russia-India-China meet at the level of foreign ministers and the India-Australia inaugural \u20182+2\u2019 talks with defence and foreign secretaries over the past two days.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative figured prominently in the talks and the working lunch lasting nearly three and a half hours.<\/p>\n
India expressed its \u201cacute sovereignty concerns\u201d given the China-Pak economic corridor as its flagship project. While Australia too raised concerns of debt traps and lack of transparency surrounding the project.<\/p>\n
Later, interacting with select media Frances Adamson said, \u201cEach of us has a very strong commitment to transparency around these projects, including financing arrangements, environmental standards and labour standards.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to an official source, Australia reiterated its interest to join the annual Malabar naval exercise with India, the US and Japan in the Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n
With the four countries are already a part of revived quadrilateral security dialogue, Canberra\u2019s request could eventually be cleared but will be a time taking process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are four democracies with deep interest in the peaceful resolution of differences and the maintenance of international rules-based order,\u201d remarked Adamson.<\/p>\n
The Australian foreign secretary also briefed about the prominence of India and Japan in the country\u2019s recently released White Paper on Foreign Policy, a first in fourteen years.<\/p>\n
The North Korean nuclear crisis, nuclear proliferation and linkages that support it as well as counterterrorism were also on the table. The three sides stressed on cooperation in the Financial Action Task Force to crack down on terror financing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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