New Delhi: Amid shared concerns about the control of important minerals of China, the quad announced an important important mineral initiative to diversify and secure the supply chains, looking at the dependence on China that could cause economic coercion, value manipulation and disruption. In a joint statement, quad foreign ministers also ended China’s works in East and South China’s seas.US State Secretary Marco Rubio hosted its counterparts from India, Japan and Australia – Jayashankar, Takeshi Evea and Penny Wong – before the summit held in India later this year for a meeting of Foreign Ministers.Foreign ministers said in a joint statement that they were deeply concerned about the sudden tightening of the major supply chains and the credibility of the future, especially for important minerals, non-market policies and vital minerals, some derived products, and the use of practices for mineral processing technology.“We underline the importance of diverse and reliable global supply chains. The dependence on any one country to process and refine important minerals and derivative goods produce our industries for economic coercion, value manipulation and supply chain disruption, which further damages our economic and national security,” joint statement, without the name of China. Quad also announced the “new, ambitious and strong agenda” focused on four major regions: marine and international security, economic prosperity and security, significant and emerging technology, and humanitarian aid and emergency reaction. “Through this renewed focus, we will intensify the quad’s ability to take advantage of our resources to solve the most pressure challenges of the region,” it said.The minister also expressed concern about the position of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, reiterating his strong opposition to any unilateral action, which wants to change the status quo by force or force.“We express our serious concerns about dangerous and stimulating tasks, including intervention with offshore resource development, navigation and freedom of freedom of freedom, and dangerous maneuvers by military aircraft and coast guards and marine militia ships, especially incorporating unprotected use or blocked functions of water cannons.”The joint statement stated that Quad has planned to host the quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network Field Training Exercise this year, which provides help to regional partners, to strengthen collective logic strength to strengthen shared airlift capacity and respond to natural disasters.
