Trump awards commendation medals to Quad leaders Modi of India, Abe of Japan, and Morrison of Australia

Robert O'Brien, U.S. National Security Council (NSC) Advisor (second from left), and the Ambassadors of Australia, India, and Japan to the United States (Photo by U.S. NSC Twitter)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] On the 21st (local time), the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) announced that U.S. President Donald Trump awarded commendation medals to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, the leaders of the Quad participating countries.

Robert O'Brien, U.S. White House NSC Advisor, announced this through the NSC Twitter on the same day. Along with the tweet, Advisor O'Brien also released photos taken immediately after the medal ceremony with Sandu Tarangits, Indian Ambassador to the U.S., Sugiyama Shinsuke, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., and Arthur Sinodinos, Australian Ambassador to the U.S.

Advisor O'Brien explained that Prime Minister Modi "strengthened the strategic partnership between the United States and India," and regarding former Prime Minister Abe, he cited "his leadership and vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific" as the reason for the award. For Prime Minister Morrison, he praised him for "responding to global challenges and promoting collective security."

The Quad is a four-party security consultative group formed by the United States, India, Japan, and Australia to counter China. It was initially created in 2007 at the proposal of former Prime Minister Abe but was inactive after Australia declared it would not participate due to concerns over deteriorating relations with China. The group was reactivated after the inauguration of the Trump administration in 2017.

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