Quad Leaders To Meet In Sydney On 24 May Amid China's Growing Belligerence Against India And Taiwan Over Territorial Issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 2023 QUAD Leader's Summit hosted by Australia in Sydney on 24 May.

This is the first time Australia is hosting a QUAD Leader's Summit, where United States President Joe Biden, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will also be present.

The upcoming QUAD Leader's Summit in Sydney will mark the third gathering of leaders from the United States, India, Japan, and Australia. The first summit was hosted by the United States in 2021 and the second was held in Tokyo in 2022.

A statement released by the Australian government said, "Australia, India, Japan and the United States share a vision for an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is governed by accepted rules and norms, where we all can cooperate, trade and thrive".

"Every year, the four Quad Leaders meet to discuss the region’s most pressing challenges and advance the Quad’s positive and practical agenda," the statement added.

"The 2023 Sydney Quad Leaders’ Summit will showcase the Quad’s enduring contribution to the region and the tangible benefits we are delivering for Indo-Pacific partners," the statement further says.

The upcoming QUAD Leader's Summit in Sydney takes place against the backdrop of China's increasing aggression towards India and Taiwan. The border standoff between India and China has been ongoing for three years and is set to move to its fourth year, with no sign of resolution, despite the recent (23 April) 18th round of corp commanders talks, which yielded no results.

The Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson also had a war of words over the Chinese declaring names of eleven locations in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, early this month.

Moreover, the Chinese held three-days of live-fire drills close to Taiwanese coastline in response to the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent trip to the United States. According to another report, the Chinese practiced simulated assault on the Taiwanese mainland with live-fire weapons.

Australia will also hold the Malabar Exercise, for the first time, off the coast of Sydney which the Indian, US and Japanese Navy's will attend. According to an earlier report, the Indian Navy will also send a P-8I Posieden Anti-submarine long-range patrol aircraft to take part in the exercise.