PM Modi to Visit Australia in May to Attend Quad Summit

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Australia’s Sydney to participate in the Quad Leaders’ Summit 2023 to be hosted by Australia on May 24. Australia is hosting the Quad Leaders’ Summit for the first time.

The last Quad Leaders’ Summit was held in Tokyo in May 2022. The Quad is a diplomatic partnership of four countries committed to promoting stability, resilience and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. Australia, India, Japan, and the United States are part of this organization.

“Together, Quad partners are taking practical action to address shared regional challenges, including improving regional health security, advancing critical and emerging technologies, strengthening connectivity, enhancing clean energy innovation, and boosting supply chain resilience,” said an Australian government statement.

This year, Quad partners are playing a strong leadership role in the Indo-Pacific through hosting the G20 (India), G7 (Japan), and APEC (US). In Sydney, Quad leaders will discuss how the Quad can work alongside partners and regional groupings, foremost ASEAN and the Pacific Islands Forum, to strengthen our cooperation and shape the region we all want to live in.