New Delhi: The White Home on Wednesday highlighted the appreciable progress achieved by the Quad Alliance over the previous three years. It emphasised the significance of sustaining this momentum into 2024, particularly throughout India’s host 12 months.
Throughout a press briefing, White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre conveyed President Biden’s satisfaction within the developments made and the collective imaginative and prescient for a free, open, and affluent Indo-Pacific area.
“So, I’d say this, the president is extremely pleased with the progress the Quad has revamped the previous three years. To your level, the anniversary is developing, and we hope to proceed that momentum in 2024 underneath India’s host 12 months, as you simply said. And we’re speaking about not simply the USA however, clearly, India, Japan, and Australia, and all of us have a shared imaginative and prescient right here, of a free, open, and affluent Indo-Pacific,” Pierre mentioned.
The Quad, consisting of the USA, India, Japan, and Australia, goals to ship concrete advantages throughout vital sectors for the Indo-Pacific area.
“The Quad helps all of our nations ship concrete advantages to the Indo-Pacific throughout a number of vital, necessary sectors. So we stay up for persevering with that progress for the Quad in 2024, not simply in 2024, but additionally past,” she added.
Shifting consideration to the I2U2 initiative, Pierre reiterated its very important significance and President Biden’s robust dedication to selling modern, inclusive, and science-driven options. The initiative seeks to deal with points regarding meals and vitality safety, house operations, water conservation, waste administration, and varied different endeavors. The I2U2 Group includes India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA.
“I2U2 stays critically necessary, and the president is deeply dedicated to creating certain that we proceed with I2U2, clearly with our partnership amongst our 4 nations and past by way of modern, inclusive, and science-based options to advance and to not improve meals and vitality safety, house operation and different ventures, advancing tasks on water conservation, waste administration in different areas,” she additionally mentioned.
Pierre emphasised that I2U2 stays a precedence and guaranteed a powerful future for the partnership, dispelling any notion that it has taken a again burner. “So there’s a robust future for I2U2. We’re wanting ahead to persevering with that partnership, which has not taken a again burner. It actually continues to be a precedence.”
Addressing issues in regards to the H1B visa course of, Pierre highlighted latest actions taken by the administration to enhance the system. She famous {that a} ultimate rule referring to H1B visas had been printed by the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) final month.
“If we take a look at the H1B visa course of, we now have taken motion to enhance that and the method and again legal guidelines for lawful everlasting residents who’re eligible to develop into US residents. Simply final month, for instance, as part of our efforts to strengthen the integrity of our immigration system and cut back the potential for fraud, DHS printed a ultimate rule referring to H1B visas,” the White Home press secretary mentioned.
Based on Pierre, the adjustments purpose to advertise fairer and extra equitable outcomes whereas strengthening the integrity of the immigration system and lowering the potential for fraud.
“The adjustments promote fairer and extra equitable outcomes, and so we are going to proceed our work to enhance the system inside our authorities, and that has actually been a precedence. Clearly, I’d refer you to US Residents and Immigration Companies for any specifics on the actions that we now have taken, however we take that very critically, and we’re persevering with to do the whole lot that we are able to to enhance the visa course of,” she added.