Australia cancels Quad meeting after Joe Biden postponement
Australian Premier Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday a Quad summit would not go ahead in Sydney next week without United States President Joe Biden, who postponed his trip to Australia due to debt ceiling negotiations in Washington.
Prime minister Albanese said the leaders of Australia, the United States, India and Japan would instead meet at the G7 in Japan this weekend, after Biden canceled a trip to Australia on the second leg of his upcoming Asia trip, which was also to have included a visit to Papua New Guinea.
'The Quad leaders meeting will not be going ahead in Sydney next week. We, though will be having that discussion between Quad leaders in Japan,' Albanese told a press conference.
A bilateral programme in Sydney with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could still go ahead next week, Australian Prime minister said.
The Quad is an informal group that promotes an open Indo-Pacific. China sees it as an attempt to push back against its growing influence in the region.
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