"indo-pacific"

The India visit, which Downing Street said would "unlock the opportunities in the region", is widely expected to finalise a much-anticipated India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP).

The informal grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US is called Quad, a format that is strongly being pushed by the Biden administration.

Biden and Modi committed that the US and India will work closely together to win the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quad can emerge as a formidable bloc of democracies, some sort of an ‘Asian Nato’ arrangement against China

The federal government said that following an invitation from India, Australia will participate in the Malabar exercise.