US President Biden to host in-person Quad Summit at White House on September 24, PM Modi to attend
US President Joe Biden would host the first-ever in-person Quad summit on September 24 which might be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and Japanese premier Yoshihide Suga, the White House introduced on Monday. The 4 leaders would focus on deepening their ties and advancing sensible cooperation on areas like combatting COVID-19, addressing the local weather disaster and selling a free and open Indo-Pacific, the White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated.
In March, President Biden hosted the first-ever summit of the Quad leaders within the digital format that vowed to attempt for an Indo-Pacific area that’s free, open, inclusive, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion, sending a refined message to China.
“President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will host the first-ever Quad Leaders Summit at the White House on September 24. President Biden is looking forward to welcoming to the White House Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan,” Psaki stated.
The Biden-Harris administration has made elevating the Quad a precedence, as seen by the first-ever Quad Leaders-level engagement in March, which was digital, and now this Summit, which might be in-person, she stated.
“Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” she stated.
According to the White House, the Quad Leaders might be centered on deepening their ties and advancing sensible cooperation on areas comparable to combatting COVID-19, addressing the local weather disaster, partnering on rising applied sciences and our on-line world and selling a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The Quad summit will happen amidst China’s aggressive behaviour within the resource-rich South China Sea.
Beijing claims virtually all the 1.3 million sq. mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory. China has been constructing navy bases on synthetic islands within the area additionally claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
In November 2017, India, Japan, the US and Australia gave form to the long-pending proposal of establishing the Quad to develop a brand new technique to preserve the vital sea routes within the Indo-Pacific freed from any affect.
