Image Source : PTI Washington: US President Joe Biden interacts with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga, throughout a digital QUAD summit, Friday, March 12, 2021.
It’s nice to see you, that is how US President Joe Biden greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first summit of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition on Friday. Besides Modi and Biden, the digital summit of the Quad was attended by Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga.
It was the primary time Modi and Biden got here face-to-face after the American chief took cost in Washington in January.
“A free and open Indo-Pacific is essential to each of our futures,” Biden mentioned in his opening remarks.
“The Quad is going to be a vital arena for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. And I look forward to working closely with — with all of you in the coming years,” he added.
The 4 Quad member international locations have been resolving to uphold a rules-based worldwide order within the Indo-Pacific amid rising Chinese assertiveness within the area.
“We are united by our democratic values, and our commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific,” Modi mentioned in his preliminary remarks.
“Our agenda today – covering areas like vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies – makes the Quad a force for global good,” he mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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