Clean energy, no to ‘debt burdens’ & more: Quad leaders set out priorities in joint statement

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New Delhi: On the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Japan, leaders of the Quad released a joint statement Saturday which addressed climate change in the Indo-Pacific region, for the first time referenced “debt burdens” and sought for the region to be free of domination. This is the third such joint statement issued by leaders from India, the US, Australia and Japan since the first Quad Leaders’ Summit was held in 2021. India is set to host the next Quad summit in 2024. “We seek a region where no country dominates and no country is dominated…,” stated the latest joint...