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<strong>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart on a Pacific tour next week during which he will hold meetings with the members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) and other regional partners.</strong></p>
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Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii to engage with Indo-Pacific allies and partners to advance peace, resilience, and prosperity across the region and demonstrate that these partnerships deliver. Blinken will attend the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers&#39; meet during his stay in Australia from February 9 to 12. The ministerial meeting will be hosted by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.</p>
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&quot;With our Quad partners, we are delivering results for our populations and the region, including by advancing cooperation on COVID-19 vaccination delivery, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, maritime security, counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, countering disinformation, climate change, and critical and emerging technologies,&quot; the State Department said in a statement.</p>
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Blinken is scheduled to meet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Foreign Minister Payne, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and other senior officials to discuss a range of bilateral and global priorities.</p>
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This Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers&#39; meeting is expected to be held in Melbourne. The last Quad Foreign Ministers meeting was held virtually in February last year.</p>
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External Affairs Ministry&#39;s spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said the next meeting is expected to be held later this month in Melbourne. &quot;We hope to share an update on this soon,&quot; Bagchi said at a virtual weekly media briefing.</p>
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