A brief look back at the past Quad summits:-
-> May 20, 2023 (Hiroshima, Japan) Format: In-person; Attending leaders: PM Albanese, PM Modi, PM Kishida, and President Biden; Notes: Australia was the host of the summit for the year, and was supposed to hold the summit in Sydney just after the G7 Hiroshima Summit. However, President Biden postponed his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea at the last minute due to debt ceiling negotiations with Congress. Australia hosted the summit in Hiroshima instead. According to the readout from the Japanese side, the summit lasted about 50 minutes.ย
-> May 24, 2022 (Tokyo, Japan) Format: In-person; Attending leaders: PM Albanese, PM Modi, PM Kishida, and President Biden; Notes: Australia held its federal election on May 21, and Anthony Albanese became Australiaโs 31st Prime Minister on May 23, the day before the summit. According to the readout from the Japanese side, it lasted about 2 hours.ย
-> March 3, 2022 (Virtual) Format: Video Call; Attending leaders: PM Scott Morrison (Australia), PM Modi, PM Kishida, and President Biden; Notes: According to the readout from the Japanese side, the video call was initiated and hosted by the United States. 4 leaders mainly exchanged views on the tense situation and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. It lasted about 70 minutes.ย
-> Sept 24, 2021 (Washington, DC) Format: In-person; Attending leaders: PM Morrison, PM Modi, PM Yoshihide Suga (Japan), and President Biden; Notes: This was the first in-person summit. PM Suga attended the summit after he announced he was stepping down as Prime Minister on September 3. Fumio Kishida became the next Prime Minister on October 4. According to the readout from the Japanese side, it lasted about 2 hour and 20 minutes.ย
-> March 12, 2021 (Virtual) Format: Video Call; Attending leaders: PM Morrison, PM Modi, PM Suga, and President Biden; Notes: This was the first Quad Leadersโ Summit. It lasted about 1 hour and 45 minutes.ย
– PTI
