Washington: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the leaders of the ‘Quad’ nations will hold an in-person summit later this year.
The Quad nations are India, Australia, Japan and the United States.
At a White House Press briefing, Sullivan said the focus of discussion was China at Quad leaders’ summit that was attended by US President Joe Biden, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
The challenge posed by China was the main agenda of discussion, he said and added that the leaders also agreed that they would meet in person by the end of the year.
The leaders launched a set of working groups including a technology group that would help set standards in key technologies like 5G. The adviser said the alliance also discussed the navigation in the East and South China Seas, North Korea as well as the coup in Myanmar.
During the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), the four leaders – the US, Australia, India and Japan – stressed for a free, open and rule-based Indo-Pacific region that is “anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion”.
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