Washington – September 15 (Online): US president Joe Biden will host leaders of India, Japan and Australia, his first in-person summit of leaders of the “Quad” countries, foreign news agency reported Wednesday.
According to Reuters, The summit will be held at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.
The U.S. visits of the prime ministers of Australia, India and Japan – Scott Morrison, Narendra Modi and Yoshihide Suga – will coincide with the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which Biden will address on Sept. 21.
“Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” Psaki said.
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