'Quad Summit of the US, Japan, Australia, and India to be Held on the 3rd'

President Joe Biden of the United States
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U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online summit of the Quad (United States, Japan, Australia, India), a consultative body aimed at countering China, on the 3rd (local time).

On the day, major foreign media including AFP reported, citing an announcement from the Indian government, that President Biden will convene the Quad summit.

The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained in a statement that President Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will assess important situations in the Indo-Pacific region and exchange views during the meeting.

The United States is expected to pressure Indian Prime Minister Modi to join sanctions against Russia at this summit. India, which has maintained friendly relations with the former Soviet Union since the Cold War era, still has close ties with Russia, its largest arms supplier.

Among the four Quad countries, India is the only one that has not condemned or participated in sanctions against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi had his second phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

At this summit, President Biden, along with the leaders of the United Kingdom and Australia, is expected to pressure Prime Minister Modi to take a more critical stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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