he United States’ policy should be grounded in its values, and together with allies and partners like India, Japan and Australia, a top American Senator said on Monday. Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also retweeted the tweet of President Joe Biden during which he had posted an image of him along side the three other Quad leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, standing at the Truman Balcony of the White House within the backdrop of the Washington Monument .

Senator Bill Nelson said he’s excited about the new Quad working party which will facilitate greater space cooperation among the US’ partners in Australia, India, and Japan. Last week, Congressman Gregory Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had commended the Biden-Harris administration for reinvigorating the us leadership globally by strengthening relations with key allies and partners and bolstering its multilateral diplomatic engagement.

he prioritisation of the Quad as a critical diplomatic arrangement within the Indo-Pacific is central to those efforts, he had said. Meeks said the Quad framework demonstrates the strength and transformative advantage of like-minded democracies working together to deliver for his or her people, tackle the world’s most urgent challenges, and counter shared threats.

From increasing cooperation on infrastructure, joint efforts at addressing global pandemics, or performing on our most pressing global challenges associated with technology, i’m happy to ascertain our Quad partners close to embrace new areas of cooperation, he said. Congressman Ami Bera, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, also applauded Biden for convening the first-ever leader-level summit of the Quad countries.

The successful summit may be a testament to their collective, unwavering commitment to a free, open, and stable Indo-Pacific rooted in liberal values and international norms, he said. The Quad leaders held their first-in-person summit in Washington on September 25.