Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will participate in the online summit of the Quadrilateral group of nations on Friday.
This is the first online summit of the group of four nations. While bot Biden and Modi will participate in the meeting, it has not been announced whether the two leaders will have an exclusive meeting with each other.
What is the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue?
— Also known as the ‘Qaud’ it was set up by Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe August 2007 and then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh was part of the initial set up.
— It was set up to counter China’s growing influence in Asia.
— However, in 2008, while Singh had said India was not part of any efforts against China, Australia had also left the group.
— It was revived in 2017 during the ASEAN Summit to counter China’s assertiveness in the region.
— Friday’s meet will be the first since…