The Quad — a quadrilateral diplomatic partnership between India, the US, Japan and Australia — “strengthens the region’s economic backbone and protects the sea lanes”, the US consul general in Calcutta said on Friday. Consul general Kathy Giles-Diaz said the US-India partnership “sits at the heart of this effort”. ADVERTISEMENTShe was speaking at a dialogue on the US strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific at the American Center. When the Quad works together, it strengthens the region’s economic backbone and protects the sea lanes and digital networks that global commerce depends on,” the consul general added. She referred to the arrival of the new US Ambassador to India while speaking about the partnership of the two nations.

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 02:27 UTC