AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to welcome the leaders of the United States, India, and Japan for the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit next month.
Albanese will welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Fumio Kishida, and US President Joe Biden for the summit.
The meeting will bring together the leaders of the four Indo-Pacific partners at the Sydney Opera House on the 24th of May.
This will be the first time Australia will be hosting the summit.
Every year, the four Quad Leaders meet to discuss the region’s most pressing challenges and present their regional agenda.
For this year, Albanese said he is looking forward to discussing with Quad leaders how Australia – alongside important regional institutions, such as ASEAN, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Indian Ocean Rim Association, and its partners – can shape the Indo-Pacific region.
“I look forward to discussing with Quad leaders how we – alongside important regional institutions, such as ASEAN, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Indian Ocean Rim Association, and our regional partners – can shape the Indo-Pacific region we all want to live in,” said Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia.
The Australian prime minister revealed his upcoming visit to the US to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in San Francisco this November and has also been invited for a bilateral meeting with Biden.
Albanese declined to comment on Biden’s decision to run for a second term as president but acknowledged the American leader as a friend of Australia.
