PM Narendra Modi to participate in QUAD leaders virtual meet today

Quad Leaders Summit 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Quad Leaders‘ virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida today. The foreign ministry said the leaders would exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific.

The Quad Leaders will also review the ongoing efforts to implement the Leaders Initiative announced as part of Quad’s contemporary and positive agenda.

QUAD leaders will have the opportunity to continue their talks after the September 2021 summit in Washington DC. The meeting was not previously scheduled, as Japan is scheduled to host the next individual summit of the Quad in the first half of 2022.

time @Narendra Modi Will attend with the President of the United States @potus @Joe BidenPrime Minister of Australia @ScottMorrisonMPand the Prime Minister of Japan @kishida230 Today at the Quad Leaders virtual meeting.

PRESS RELEASE ️ https://t.co/jEFRFrOiGH

— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia)
3 March 2022

The four Quad countries have not yet finalized the date for this meeting due to various scheduling reasons.

Main Agenda

The main agenda of the current virtual summit is to discuss the development of Indo-Pacific. The MEA said in a statement that the virtual summit will provide an opportunity for the leaders to continue their dialogue and exchange views on important developments in the Indo-Pacific.

They will exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific. The Ministry of External Affairs says that the Quad leaders will also review the ongoing efforts to implement the leaders’ initiatives announced as part of the Quad’s contemporary and positive agenda.

— ANI (@ANI)
3 March 2022

Importance

The virtual summit of QUAD leaders will be held in the backdrop of Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the Ukraine crisis is not included in the agenda. India had three times opted to abstain from voting against Russia at the United Nations, while the other three quad members voted in favor of Ukraine. India, however, has repeatedly urged Russia to call off its military operations in Ukraine.

Background

The QUAD leaders last met in Washington DC in September 2021. The latest meeting comes as the United States and its Western allies are leading the international community in imposing severe sanctions against the Vladimir Putin-led Russian regime.