The leaders of the Quad (including the US, Japan, India and Australia) affirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation to realize a free and open Indo- Pacific .
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| The third in-person Quad Summit took place in Hiroshima, Japan on May 20. (Source: AP) |
At the 3rd Quad in-person Summit, US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated their commitment to ensuring a rules-based order and opposing any coercive, provocative or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo in the Indo -Pacific region.
The Quad leaders discussed topics such as undersea cables, infrastructure development and digital technology, and agreed to increase cooperation in those areas, according to the White House.
The meeting came after the second day of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the city to seek more support for Kiev.
The Quad member countries have a unified view on many issues, however, regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has expressed a different stance from the other three countries.
The New Delhi government has said it will not join any sanctions against Moscow and will continue to buy Russian oil despite the price ceiling imposed by the G7 on Russian crude oil and petroleum products.
The Quad summit was originally scheduled to be held in Australia on May 24. However, due to the debt ceiling stalemate in Washington, President Joe Biden canceled his scheduled trip to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
With both Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Albanese present at the G7 Summit, the Quad leaders have rescheduled their meeting for today in Hiroshima.
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