Nobody Should Doubt Positive Contribution Of Quad: S Jaishankar
NDTV
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar asserted that a "major advancement" was made when he and his Quad counterparts visited the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Nobody should doubt the positive contribution of Quad, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, asserting that a "major advancement" was made when he and his counterparts from the four-nation grouping visited the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Mr Jaishankar on Friday gifted his Australian counterpart Marise Payne a cricket bat signed by former India skipper Virat Kohli during a visit to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with Payne, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa.
"Anybody who doubts that Quad has a positive message and positive approach should have been with us at the MCG yesterday. I think a major advancement was made when we could teach ministers, Hayashi and Secretary Blinken, the intricacies of cricket, including bowling and how to actually use the seam on the cricket ball," he said.
The MCG, which has a seating capacity of over 1,00,000, is Australia's biggest sporting facility.
