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Good morning and welcome to Day 2 of the #RaisinaDialogue2023!

We kickstart the day with ‘The #QUAD Squad: Power and Purpose of the Polygon’

Featuring @SecBlinken, @hayashi09615064, @SenatorWong, @DrSJaishankar & @SamirSaran

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Watch the session LIVE here: youtube.com/live/YQy-GD89i…

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.@SenatorWong: We are interested in a stable, secure and prosperous #IndoPacific. #Quad’s focus and our engagement with the Pacific Island countries are aligned with #Australia’s interests.

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.@SenatorWong: #India is a critical and great power in the region. It is critical to reshape the region. India is a civilisational power and brings a different perspective to the regions’ challenges.

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.@SecBlinken: The future is #IndoPacific & our engagements with the region are strongest now. What is happening in #Ukraine has global implications, including in this region. #Quad is a critical part of our engagement with the region.

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.@SecBlinken: The great power of #Quad is that it brings together like-minded countries that have common values. We are creating positive choices for the region - vaccines, humanitarian assistance, maritime domain awareness.

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.@SecBlinken: #Quad is not a military group but we are trying to bring together a group of academics, #tech community & other stakeholders on how we can collaborate and innovate on emerging technologies.

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.@hayashi09615064: #Quad is not about security but it’s focus on #maritime issues does well for the improvement of the region’s security. We have engaged with this region in infrastructure & connectivity for decades. Quad complements this effort

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.@hayashi09615064: We need to abide by international norms and institutions. We hope #China will abide by these norms and international obligations as well.

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.@DrSJaishankar: #Quad is succeeding because of the changed world order. We also have greater strategic clarity. We have leaders who are now less encumbered by the baggage of the past. Our origins are in common good & there is an innate virtue in Quad’s existence.

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.@DrSJaishankar: We have expanded #Quad’s focus to include many issues: Working of multilateral institutions, #counterterrorism, tech collaborations, humanitarian assistance, #SDGs, maritime security. We're not against any power. That does not define our partnership

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.@SenatorWong: We are like-minded in our outlook towards the region. I look at #Quad as the lighthouse. It is enabling choices through principles & practical work. #ASEAN’s centrality is historic & real & our engagement with the region is through ASEAN & Quad.

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.@SecBlinken: Our proposition is to offer positive choices--by working together in practical areas with the countries of the region through a variety of frameworks. We are ensuring that we are fit for purpose for any challenges which are emerging or may emerge.

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.@hayashi09615064: #Quad is not a #Beatles band, playing together for 10 years. It's a soft group or a band where each member has its own autonomy. But four of us are bound by trust and shared values.

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.@DrSJaishankar: We collectively are offering different choices for the region, & many countries are interested in working with #Quad. On maritime security, getting access to each others’ naval & military facilities was difficult. But now attitudes have changed.

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Thank you for joining us.

Stay tuned for the next session - The New High Table: Realigning the #G20 in a Changing World

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