US President Biden to host Quad summit in person at White House on September 24, PM Modi to attend
US President Joe Biden will host the Quad summit in person for the first time on September 24, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the White House announced on Monday. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the four leaders would deepen their ties and have practical cooperation on areas such as combating COVID-19, addressing the climate crisis and promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific. Will discuss moving forward.
In March, President Biden hosted the first summit of the Quad leaders in virtual format, vowing to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, upheld by democratic values, and coerced Unrestricted, sending a subtle 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 looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, to the White House. and Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga,” Saki said.
He said the Biden-Harris administration has prioritized raising the Quad, as seen first in March through the Quad leaders-level engagement, which was virtual, and now this summit, which will take place in person. , He said.
“The host of Quad leaders demonstrates the Biden-Harris administration’s priority to engage in the Indo-Pacific through a new multilateral configuration to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” she said.
According to the White House, the Quad leaders will deepen their ties and engage in practical cooperation on areas such as combating COVID-19, addressing the climate crisis, partnering on emerging technologies and cyberspace, and promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific. will focus on moving forward.
The quad summit will come amid China’s aggressive behavior in the resource-rich South China Sea.
Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea as sovereign territory, about 1.3 million square miles. China is building military bases on artificial islands in a region that Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim.
In November 2017, India, Japan, the US and Australia gave shape to the long-pending proposal to establish the Quad to develop a new strategy to keep important sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence.
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