India to host Quad Summit in 2024: PM Modi

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New Delhi, May 20 (Hindustan Times). India will host the Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue Forum Quad Summit in 2024 next year.

The announcement was made in a joint statement issued after the leaders of the Quad countries held a summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday. Earlier, Prime Minister Modi had said in his address in this meeting that India would be happy to host the Quad Summit in the year 2024. He said the Quad Summit is an opportunity to discuss issues of inclusive and people-centred development in the Indo-Pacific region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Quad Summit along with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. He said the Quad focuses on striving for global good, human welfare, peace and prosperity.

It is worth mentioning that the Quad Summit was supposed to be held in Sydney (Australia), but it was postponed due to the change in the schedule of President Joe Biden. The Quad leaders later decided to use their presence in Hiroshima to keep him there.

Regarding Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Hiroshima and meetings with leaders of various countries, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra told the media that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky had invited Modi to visit Ukraine. The two leaders met in Hiroshima, where Modi insisted on resolving the issue through dialogue and diplomacy.

Modi offered all possible support from his side to solve the problem.

The joint statement on the Ukraine war said that today is not an era of war and we must resort to dialogue and diplomacy. The joint statement did not directly name or criticize Russia. The statement said that in accordance with the United Nations Charter, a comprehensive and just peace should prevail in Ukraine. The Quad countries said that the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons cannot be accepted.

The joint statement condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism. It was agreed to increase international cooperation to fight terrorism and extremism. The Quad countries said they would work to hold perpetrators of terrorist acts accountable.

The Quad countries condemned the Mumbai terror attack and the Pathankot attack and said they would continue efforts to include the terrorists in the relevant United Nations Security Council lists.