Australia is set to host the third in-person Quad Summit on May 24 in Sydney. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises of India, the US, Japan and Australia.
This will be the first time Australia will be hosting the meeting, which comes amid growing global concerns over China’s increasing assertiveness in the region.
The meeting will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The leaders will discuss how they can deepen their cooperation on issues that matter to the people of the Indo-Pacific, including critical and emerging technologies, high-quality infrastructure, global health, climate change, maritime domain awareness and other pressing issues.
The Quad was set up in 2017 by the US, Australia, India and Japan to develop a new strategy to keep critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific region free of any influence.
This will be the fourth Quad leaders’ summit and the third held in person, with the most recent in-person meeting hosted by Japan’s capital Tokyo last year.