Army Chief General MM Naravane said that there will be military cooperation among the member nations of the Quad but it will not be a military alliance like NATO, at the India Economic Conclave.
“It will not be a military alliance. There will definitely be military cooperation, both bilaterally between the countries of the Quad and as a quadrilateral also. But it would not be a military alliance in that sense. The Quad is actually supposed to be a quadrilateral security dialogue. We keep calling it Quad but the actual aim of that was a security dialogue and this will, of course, have a security part of it. But in this, every country will still be looking at its own interest.” General Naravane said.
He also added that the Quad is not aimed at any particular country, but an alliance of like-minded democracies in the world. He also mentioned how China has been unilaterally changing the status quo in the South China sea and all these democracies are now realising that they need to take a stand and safeguard their interests.
