Quad Summit will provide opportunity to review progress of grouping's initiatives: PM Modi

The second in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit in Japan will provide an opportunity for leaders of four countries to review the progress of the grouping’s initiatives and exchange views on developments in the Indo-Pacific as well as on global issues of mutual interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

In his departure statement ahead of his visit to Japan from May 23-24, Modi said during his visit he will also hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden, where they will discuss further consolidation of the multi-faceted bilateral relations. “We will also continue our dialogue on regional developments and contemporary global issues,” he said.

Modi said he will be visiting Tokyo at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. “I look forward to continuing our conversation further, with an aim to strengthen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership,” he said. Modi also noted that the newly-elected Australian PM Anthony Albanese will be joining the Quad Leaders’ Summit for the first time. “I look forward to a bilateral meeting with him.”