New Delhi, May 26 -- Japan on Tuesday gave a call to the countries of the Indo-Pacific for strengthening their resilience and highlighted how the Quad Foreign Ministers Meet advances cooperation between the partners.

Speaking after the Meet, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that the leaders exchanged views on regional developments and agreed to strongly oppose attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion.

He underlined how the energy security initiative to secure stable supply of energy in the Indo-Pacific region is a timely initiative and that the critical minerals initiative framework launched today is a very important step from the perspective of strengthening the supply chain of critical minera...