US President Joe Biden will travel to Japan for the second in-person quad summit, during which he will hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his national security adviser said on Wednesday.
Formed with Australia, India, Japan and the United States, the Quad was an initiative of the Trump administration, which Biden has raised to the leadership level. There have been three summits so far, of which two are virtual.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters, “We believe this summit will demonstrate, both in essence and in vision, that democracy can deliver and that these four nations working together to create a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Will defend and uphold the principles.” Daily White House news conference.
He said that while he is in Tokyo, Biden will also launch a new and ambitious economic initiative for the region, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a 21st-century economic system designed to address new economic challenges. is designed for.
He said the framework will cover tasks ranging from setting the rules of the digital economy to ensuring secure and resilient supply chains to managing the energy transition to investing in clean, modern high standards infrastructure.
Biden will be joined personally by the Prime Minister of Japan for the launch of the IPEF and virtually by leaders of several Indo-Pacific partners, from Southeast Asia to Northeast Asia from the bottom up.
On security and economics, on technology and energy, on investment in infrastructure, we think this visit is going to fully showcase President Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy and show in vibrant color that the United States will once again Free leadership in Ukraine can lead the world to respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine, and at the same time, create a course for effective, principled American leadership and engagement in a region that is the future of the 21st century, Sullivan said. will define.
Before arriving in Japan, Biden is scheduled to travel to South Korea for a summit meeting with its leaders. The message we are trying to send on this journey is a message of a positive vision of what the world might look like if the world’s democracies and open societies stand together to shape the rules of the road, to shape the security architecture. be defined. Sullivan said that the region to cement strong, powerful historical alliances.
We think that displaying it in four days, bilaterally with the Republic of Korea and Japan, through the Quad, through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, will send a powerful message. We think this message will be heard everywhere. We think it will be heard in Beijing. But it is not a negative message and it is not targeted to any one country. It’s targeted at a worldwide audience to see what American leadership working with allies and like-minded partners can do for people everywhere.” And we feel like we’re going to have a strong following in this journey with the wind at our back. We have what it takes to be able to meet the security and economic challenges of our times,” Sullivan said.
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