Tokyo keen to host next in-person Quad summit

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 13

Japan is keen to host the second in-person summit of the Quad leaders next spring in Japan.

The leaders of Japan, the US, Australia and India

may hold their second in-person summit in Japan next spring in a show of vigorous action by Quad members to neutralise China’s assertiveness, reported Japanese media.

Reports said the new Japanese Government has aired the issue of a Quad meeting in talks with United States counterparts.

The Quad held its first in-person meeting in September in Washington where they considerably broadened the Quad’s palette to include joint work on vaccine production and infrastructure development, besides cutting-edge technology and critical components such as semiconductors.

The Quad also intends beefing up the economic security of its partners by building resilient supply chains for critical technologies. United States President Joe Biden has given more momentum to the Quad’s deliberations. Before the first in-person summit, the leaders had also met virtually in March.