US hints security quad may be shelved after India sees little potential

Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba 'made it quite clear that there wasn't an immediate potential for a quad', says Admiral Phil Davidson

A US military commander suggested Thursday that a loose security grouping of his country, Japan, Australia and India, also known as the quad, may be shelved for now after New Delhi showed disinterest.

Admiral Phil Davidson, who heads the US Indo-Pacific Command, said he was on a panel with the other navy chiefs at the Raisina Dialogue, a multilateral conference in New Delhi in January.

Davidson said the issue came up "several times" but Indian navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba "made it quite clear that there wasn't an immediate potential for a quad."

"That does not omit or prevent our