New Delhi: A virtual summit meeting of the leaders of the Quad is going to be held on Thursday in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war. Apart from PM Modi, US President Joe Biden, Japan's PM Fumio Kishida and Australia's PM Scott Morrison will participate. The Ministry of External Affairs had informed the media about this meeting on Thursday. The ministry had said that the four leaders would share their views on important developments in the Asia Pacific region. The Quad leaders will also review the implementation of the initiatives taken as per the agenda of the organization. The four leaders had also taken initiative in the past regarding the contemporary and positive agenda of Quad. Earlier in September 2021, the Quad leaders had a personal meeting in Washington.

What is Quad?

After the Indian Ocean tsunami, India, Japan, Australia and the US formed an informal alliance to support each other in disaster relief efforts. Broadly speaking, Quad is an organization of four countries, which includes India, America, Australia and Japan. These four countries are the biggest economic powers of the world. In 2007, the then Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe formalized this as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad. In 2017, the four countries revived the Quad as the threat to China increased, broadening its objectives. Under this, a mechanism was created, which aims to gradually establish a rules-based international order and has China at its center.

These four countries want to control China's growing grandeur and its influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Especially Japan and India took the initiative to make Quad. When America and Australia engaged in the siege of China became members in it, it emerged as a more powerful regional organization. This organization continued to strengthen its group with the intention of encircling China, which was constantly trying to increase its influence in the Asia-Pacific region. It is believed that in the coming few days, this group can emerge as a powerful organization of Asia-Pacific on the lines of NATO.

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