News Mania Desk/ Piyal Chatterjee / 20th September 2024
Both the Ministry of External Affairs and an official from the Biden administration have stated that the Quad Summit is anticipated to occur in India in the upcoming year. Although India was supposed to host the summit this year, the leaders’ schedules prevented it from happening. This weekend, in the US, is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled attendance at the Quad Summit. In addition to former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, he will meet US President Joe Biden.
“When we were planning for this year’s Quad Summit, India was scheduled to host but as we looked at all four of these leaders’ schedules, we became increasingly clear that the best way to make sure that they met and had the time they wanted to have these discussions would be this weekend here in the US,” said Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania, National Security Council.
“We do expect that next year the Quad Summit will take place in India. PM Modi graciously agreed to swap host years with us and we do expect all four Quad leaders to meet in India next year,” she said.
The MEA had also stated that India will host the Quad Summit in 2025. “Following the request of the US side to host the Quad Summit this year, India has agreed to host the next Quad Summit in 2025,” the MEA said.
In order to attend the yearly Quad Summit and speak at the UN General Assembly’s “Summit of the Future,” Prime Minister Modi will go to the US for three days starting on September 21. On September 22, Modi will also speak at an assembly of the Indian community in New York.
The prime minister’s participation at the Quad Summit and the “Summit of the Future” are anticipated to be his primary engagements during the trip.
The fourth ‘Quad Leaders Summit’ will be hosted by US President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware on September 21. In addition to Modi and Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese colleague Fumio Kishida will be there.
On September 23, Prime Minister Modi will speak at the ‘Summit of the Future’ at the UN General Assembly in New York. ‘Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow’ is the summit’s theme. According to the UN, it will bring together leaders from different nations to create a new global consensus on how to provide a better present and protect the future.
