Washington: India, Australia, Japan and the US have pledged to work together for ensuring peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific and the world, as top leaders of the Quad grouping announced a slew of new initiatives to take on common challenges, amidst muscle flexing by an assertive China in the strategic region.
In a way, Quad would play the role as “force for global good”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his short address on Friday and exuded confidence that this cooperation by the four democracies would ensure peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world.
Modi was the first leader invited by host President Joe Biden to address the first in-person Quad gathering in the East Room of the White House.
Biden, who earlier in the day had a more than an-hour-long meeting with Modi, described the prime minister as “my friend”.
Opening the summit, President Biden said the four democracies had come together to take on common challenges from Covid to climate. —PTI

Press Trust of India