External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met his Japanese and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/russia-ukraine-conflict-dont-think-solution-will-emerge-on-battlefield-says-eam-s-jaishankar--23369388" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Australian counterparts</a> separately and discussed steps to strengthen bilateral ties and deepen cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.
Jaishankar is in Tokyo where he attended a meeting of foreign ministers of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/quad-reaffirms-commitment-to-free-indo-pacific-says-no-country-should-dominate-other-23369295" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Quad bloc</a> comprising the US, India, Japan and Australia earlier in the day.
The meeting was attended by Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
"Good to meet FM @Kamikawa_Yoko once again. Thank her for the Quad FMM arrangements. Took stock of our bilateral agenda and spoke about ways to continue strengthening our political, trade and people-to-people connect," <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/in-laos-eam-s-jaishankar-unveils-commemorative-postage-stamp-on-ram-lalla-of-ayodhya-23368816" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jaishankar posted</a> on X along with some photographs from the meeting.
Earlier in the day, the External Affairs Minister met his Australian counterpart Wong and discussed steps to intensify bilateral ties, including in security, trade and education, and deepening practical cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.
"A great start this morning meeting Australian FM @SenatorWong in Tokyo," <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/kuwait-fire-incident-eam-jaishankar-speaks-to-kuwaiti-foreign-minister-23353942" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jaishankar</a> said in a post on X.
"Spoke about further steps to intensify our bilateral ties including in security, trade and education. Also discussed deepening our practical cooperation across the Indo-Pacific," he said.
On Sunday, Jaishankar held "wide-ranging" talks with his American counterpart Antony Blinken against the backdrop of an unease in India-US ties following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia three weeks back.
On Sunday, he also unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Freedom Plaza in Edogawa, Tokyo.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met his Japanese and Australian counterparts separately and discussed steps to strengthen bilateral ties

Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties and Indo-Pacific with Japanese and Australian counterparts

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Jaishankar is in Tokyo where he attended a meeting of foreign ministers of the Quad bloc comprising the US, India, Japan and Australia earlier in the day

Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties with Japanese and Australian counterparts

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