Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): The White on Friday (native time) agreed to carry the summit in Japan’s Hiroshima with US President Joe Biden on Saturday.
“After President Biden had to postpone his trip to Australia, the Quad leaders agreed that they would hold their summit in Hiroshima to ensure that the four leaders could come together to mark the Quad’s progress over the past year. So tomorrow, in addition to the G7, President Biden will participate in the third in-person Quad Leaders’ meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India,” learn an announcement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Earlier this week, the deliberate summit of Quad leaders from the US, India, Australia, and Japan in Sydney was cancelled after Biden withdrew from his go to resulting from ongoing debt restrict talks in Washington.
“Along with sharing strategic assessments, the leaders will welcome new forms of Quad cooperation on secure digital technology, submarine cables, infrastructure capacity building, and maritime domain awareness,” stated Jean-Pierre including that Biden had thanked his fellow Quad leaders “for their flexibility,” and “looks forward to rescheduling his trip.”Earlier this week, Biden scrapped his deliberate journey to Sydney in addition to a historic go to to Papua New Guinea. The choice — which prompted Albanese to cancel the scheduled Quad summit — was seen as a self-inflicted blow to hopes of a extra seen U.S. presence within the Indo-Pacific amid its competitors with China within the area.
The White House stated Thursday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would journey to Papua New Guinea rather than Biden to signal two safety agreements, on protection cooperation and maritime surveillance, with the Pacific island nation in a bid to shore up help amongst international locations within the area for countering Beijing, which has been extending its clout within the space. (ANI)