india's prime minister narendra modi has a busy week ahead he will have 40 hours for 23 engagements japan will be hosting all the high-stakes meetings the indian prime minister will be attending the quad summit on tuesday that is the 24th of may and separate bilateral meetings are also scheduled with the group leaders that is u.s president joe biden japanese prime minister fumio kashida and the incoming australian prime minister-elect anthony albinisi on monday morning arrangements are in place to have these people sworn in as members of my team [Applause] to enable penny and i to attend the important quad leaders meeting in tokyo with president biden prime minister kishida and prime minister modi india's foreign secretary vinnie quatre held a press conference he gave details about the aim of this crucial visit during the quad summit leaders will review the progress of the quad initiatives they will identify new areas of cooperation japanese prime minister's india visit in march saw substantial outcomes indian prime minister will interact with the indian diaspora and there will be a special station on the sidelines of the world health organization's assembly apart from participating in the court summit prime minister would also hold scheme bilateral meetings with the president of the us prime minister of japan and with prime minister of australia the prime minister would also engage with the japanese business community and the indian diaspora during his stay in tokyo let me first begin with the court leader summit as you all know court cooperation is anchored in the shared values and commitment to the principles of democracy international law and rules-based international order as also the vision for a free open and inclusive indo-pacific since its first summit quad has been working to implement a positive and constructive agenda with a strong focus on enabling peace prosperity and stability in the indo-pacific region similar to the agenda for most foreign meetings taking place around the world the russia ukraine war is likely to dominate the talks the bloc did meet on the 2nd of march of this year just six days after russia chose to invade ukraine but the war was at a very premature stage at that point months later countries have shaped their stance and policies around it the quad group is expected to showcase a united front against russia's brutalities but this puts india in a tricky situation because unlike india the other three countries have sided with ukraine they have penalized russia with sanctions and burned all bridges with the country however india has chosen a different path it has chosen dialogue over criticism so it will be interesting to see if the four countries will manage to come to the same page now apart from this global issue there are regional crisis that is bothering the group china the country is rapidly becoming more hostile across the indo-pacific russia's invasion of ukraine has been seen as a wake-up call for taiwan which china claims as its own territory the united states along with its allies in asia has stood against china's encroachment efforts so a plan for taiwan's military emergency is also on the cards [Music] we are now available in your country download the level app now get all the news on the move
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