Albanese to host Modi, Biden and Kishida for Quad Summit in Sydney Opera House

INTERNATIONAL DESK: On 24 May Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will host the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney.

It will be the first time Australia has hosted the Quad Leaders’ Summit and follows the Prime Minister’s attendance at the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo in May 2022. It will be the third in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “I am honoured to host the first ever Quad Leaders’ Summit in Australia in Sydney.”

PM Albanese looks forward to welcoming his Quad counterparts to Australia for the Summit. These visits build on the meetings the Prime Minister has already had with Prime Minister Modi, Prime Minister Kishida, and President Biden.

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 share a vision for a region governed by accepted rules and norms, where we all can cooperate, trade and thrive.

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.

“The Quad is committed to supporting an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is respectful of sovereignty and ensures security and growth for all. 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,” added PM Albanese.

Australia, India, Japan and the United States share a vision for an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific governed by accepted rules and norms, where we all can cooperate, trade and thrive. Every year, the four Quad Leaders meet to discuss the region’s most pressing challenges and advance the Quad’s positive and practical agenda.

The 2023 Sydney Quad Leaders’ Summit will showcase the Quad’s enduring contribution to the region and the tangible benefits delivered for Indo-Pacific partners. (TAT)