Less than a month after the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Quad nations, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed that the leaders of the four countries will meet soon. This will be the first summit-level meeting of the Quad countries – India, US, Japan and Australia.
Even though no date has been indicated by any of the four countries just yet, it is clear that preparations for organising this gathering are underway. In response to a question whether US President Joe Biden had initiated this move and Australia has been invited, Morrison said, “This is one of the first things President Biden and I discussed when we spoke some weeks ago… the Quad is very central, I think, to our ongoing arrangements. The President and indeed, the Secretary of State, have made clear that their re-engagement in multilateral organisations, particularly in the Indo-Pacific, is key to building stability and peace in the Indo-Pacific. We share that view. We encourage that view….