Pompeo’s visitThe Quad has gained momentum as President Donald Trump pursues a more confrontational approach to Beijing, while India grows increasingly wary of Chinese economic and military influence in South Asia.
The U.S. has since 2017 sought to draw India, which has traditionally protected its non-aligned status, into the fold with a re-branded “Indo-Pacific Strategy."India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was upbeat about the push.“Our objective remains advancing the security and the economic interests of all countries having legitimate and vital interests in the region," Jaishankar said. “It is a matter of satisfaction that the Indo-Pacific concept has gained increasingly wider acceptance."That the meeting is happening at.