WITH FOCUS ON REGIONAL,GLOBAL ISSUES, QUAD TO HOLD THIRD MINISTERIAL MEET TODAY

 INDIA ,AUSTRALIA,JAPAN and US will hold their quad ministerial meeting on thursday to discuss practical areas of cooperation for maintaining a free,open and inclusive indo-pacific region.

External affairs minister S JAISHANKAR will participate in the virtual meeting along with his counterparts from the US, JAPAN and AUSTRALIA.

They will also discuss ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic,addressing global climate change and otherissues of mitual interest.