The quadrilateral took place after the Foreign Minister’s bilateral meeting with Israel’s alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
In Israel for a five-day visit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in a quadrennial group, including the foreign ministers of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States on Monday. The quadrilateral, which followed his bilateral meeting with Israel’s alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, is a new grouping that builds on the ongoing US-Israel-UAE cooperation following the Abrahamic Agreement last year, which included the UAE and Israel had established diplomatic relations. and India-Israel-UAE cooperation which has been initiated since then.
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Mr Jaishankar said it was a fruitful first meeting with Mr Lapid, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. His tweet said, ‘Discussed economic development and working together on global issues. Agreed on prompt follow-up action. Agreed on prompt follow-up action. In an interesting aspect, Mr. Jaishankar’s visit to Israel also began as a result of flights routed through the United Arab Emirates. Abraham Accords and opening diplomatic missions and flights between them.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday’s virtual meeting had decided to “set up an international forum for economic cooperation and discuss the possibilities of joint infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors”.
A US government spokesman said the foreign ministers discussed “future opportunities for cooperation in the region and globally”.
“The Secretary and Foreign Ministers discussed expanding economic and political cooperation in the Middle East and Asia, including increasing trade, combating climate change, energy cooperation and maritime security. Secretary Blinken and the ministers discussed people-to-people ties of technology and science, and how to support global public health in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic,” a US State Department spokesman said after the meeting. Said, which lasted for over an hour, ended late on Monday evening.
The foreign ministers of the US, Israel and the UAE met in Washington on 13 October to discuss modalities for trilateral cooperation, and formed two working groups: one on religious coexistence and one on water and energy.
Trade groups in India, the United Arab Emirates and Israel have been negotiating trilateral cooperation since the establishment of diplomatic relations, and the International Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (IFIIC) predicts that Israeli innovation, UAE funding and Supported agreements are likely. Indian manufacturing could cross $100 billion by 2030, given India’s close ties and strategic partnership with two other countries. In the first such venture, the UAE Project for Robotic Solar (Panel) Cleaning Technology was signed by Israeli company Ecopea which has a manufacturing base. in India.
Significantly, neither the quadrilateral meeting nor the trilateral meeting discussed the Palestine issue and restarted the “Middle East peace process”, although the Joe Biden administration expressed support for a “two-state solution”. Which is in line with India’s wide. Post.
Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Lapid held bilateral talks on Monday, agreed to resume long-pending talks for a free trade agreement, a mutual recognition agreement for COVID-19 vaccine certificates, beginning with Israel’s acceptance of vaccinated Indian travelers with Covishield and Israel’s Joining the International Solar Alliance.
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