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Senior military commanders from Quad member countries, including India’s CDS to meet in Sunnylands, California to attend a high-profile meeting on Indo-Pacific Security


Senior military commanders from Quad member countries, including India’s chief of defence staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, will meet in Sunnylands in California to attend a high-profile meeting on Indo-Pacific Security from the 15th to 17th of May in a clear indication that the grouping is now taking security cooperation to the next level before the Quad Summit in Sydney on the 24th of May. Among other invitees to the meeting hosted by Admiral John C Aquilino, Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command, are - General Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of Staff, joint staff, Japanese self-defence forces and General Angus Campbell, chief of the defence force, Australia. A vice-admiral rank representative of the UK chief of defence staff is also likely to attend. This is General Chauhan’s first visit to the US.

Quad Malabar naval exercises are scheduled off the coast of Sydney in August this year and the apex meeting of military commanders of this grouping next week is seen as both a game-changer.

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