Jaishankar To Embark On Australia Visit For Quad Meeting, Enhancing India-Aus Ties

Minister of External Affairs, Dr S. Jaishankar will be on an official visit to Australia and Philippines from February 10 to February 15.

The EAM will participate in the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting on February 11 in Melbourne, along with the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Japan and the United States. The EAM would also be on a bilateral visit to the Philippines from 13-15 February. The visit is expected to give further momentum to bilateral relations with our key partners in the Indo-Pacific, Australia, and the Philippines, which is also a leading member of the ASEAN, said the Ministry of External Affairs.

On the invitation of his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, the External Affairs Minister will be visiting Australia on 10-13 February. This will be Jaishankar's first visit as External Affairs Minister to Australia. It would be the first high level visit to Australia after the opening of its borders which were closed following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, informed the Ministry of External Affairs.