QUAD Summit 2022: Indian PM Modi arrives in Japan, will attend diplomatic and community interactions

we begin this broadcast with one of the most important foreign policy summits of the year in the indo-pacific region indian prime minister narendra modi has arrived in japan for the quadrilateral security dialogue ahead of the quad summit on tuesday lyndon prime minister arrived at tokyo's haneda airport where he was received by the indian diaspora on arrival the prime minister also interacted with the community where not just indian but the japanese also gathered to welcome the indian leader wow [Music] his two-day tokyo visit prime minister modi will be meeting with business community in tokyo hours from now and later the indian prime minister will attend the launch of indo-pacific economic framework by u.s president joe biden there will be a business roundtable after the launch as well prime minister modi will later attend diplomatic and community interactions while on the second day of the visit the leaders of japan india australia and the united states will meet for the court summit the leaders will exchange views about developments in the indo-pacific region and also review the progress of quad initiatives the quad members will have discussions on economic and security and trust that span the pacific and indian oceans while new areas of cooperation will also be identified the latest squad meeting comes as beijing is gaining a foothold in the pacific region with its solomon island security pact the court grouping is united by its desire for a counterweight to china's expanding economic military and technological influence however the member nations are divided on ukraine despite differences over russia's invasion of ukraine the leaders of japan india australia and the united states are seeking common ground on countering china on the sidelines of the summit prime minister modi will also hold bilateral meetings with u.s president joe biden japanese prime minister former kishida and his australian counterpart in the meeting meanwhile in the meeting with u.s president joe biden the leaders are expected to review the india u.s strategic partnership [Applause] these are these are the latest visuals when prime minister narendra modi landed in tokyo at 4 am ist today this is also the first in-person quartz summit since russia's invasion of ukraine [Music] visuals on your screen show the indian prime minister arriving at tokyo's airport where he was received by the indian diaspora and he will also be interacting with the indian community today the indian prime minister will also be holding separate bilaterals with the three coordinations tomorrow that is australia japan and the united states the indian prime minister today will be meeting with business community in tokyo and he will then be meeting with the indian community [Music] the quad members will have discussions on economic and security and trust that span the pacific and the indian oceans while new areas of cooperation will also be identified in the quad summit which is scheduled to take place tomorrow meanwhile u.s president joe biden will also be holding valuable bilaterals with japanese prime minister former kishida today summit prime minister modi will also hold bilaterals with u.s president joe biden japanese prime minister former kishida and his australian counterpart the leaders are further expected to review the india u.s strategic partnership [Applause] all right [Music] this is the first in-person quad summit since russia's invasion of ukraine [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and beyond managing editor in tokyo to get us the on ground updates from the summit listen in to her exclusive it'll be interesting to see how india balances its convergences and divergences as this as they say in in diplomacy there's a lot that that goes for the quad grouping like you said energy partnership economic partnership uh but for many years it was said that the quad has an identity crisis is it the asian nato is it the asian red cross or is it something in between and has quad been able to achieve any of its security goals while a lot of water has uh passed under the bridge and in the last two years especially a lot of progress has been made with this being the fourth meeting two virtual meetings and uh this is the second in-person meeting we had one last year in september in washington dc and now in tokyo so so there is definitely intent but they do not even spell out the clear security concerns or they haven't done so yet uh how will it play out this time it remains to be seen we understand that they are going to announce some sort of a framework where they have satellite tracking of illegal fishing uh in in in the waters in this region and that is a direct uh attempt to take on china because china is believed to be the biggest perpetrator of illegal fishing uh which has threatened many traditional uh livelihoods and economies in the region so that will be a message to china certainly japan remains very clear on the threat posed by china to its territorial integrity the u.s is very very clear about common this the australian government has been raising concerns about china's new deal with the solomon islands and india of course uh uh is is still logged in a border standoff with china so all four countries uh understand and uh agree that this is a threat that needs to be addressed uh but will they spell it out and will they do something about it is the big question ukraine will certainly feature in the conversation and that is where india will have to do a balancing act to try and ensure that uh the other countries do not hijack sort of the quad agenda this time and i think there is now a clear understanding among india's strategic partners that india is not going to join the sanctions regime against russia [Music]