Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Philadelphia on Saturday and began his three-day US visit with the Quad Leaders Summit held in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Quad Leaders Summit this year was earlier scheduled to be held in India but US President Joe Biden was keen to host the event in his hometown.
This will be a farewell summit for both Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as they near the end of their terms – January 20, 2025 for the US president and October 1 for the Japanese prime minister.
The fourth leader to attend the meeting is Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
A look at past summits
— May 20, 2023 (Hiroshima, Japan) Format: In person Leaders attending: PM Albanese, PM Modi, PM Kishida and President Biden Note: Australia was the host of the summit this year, and was to hold the summit in Sydney right after the G7 Hiroshima summit. However, President Biden postponed his visit to Australia and Papua New Guinea at the last minute due to debt ceiling talks with Congress. Australia hosted the summit in Hiroshima instead. According to the statement released by the Japanese side, the summit lasted for about 50 minutes.
— May 24, 2022 (Tokyo, Japan) Format: In person Leaders participating: PM Albanese, PM Modi, PM Kishida and President Biden Note: Australia held federal elections on May 21 and Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia on May 23, a day before the summit. According to the statement issued by the Japanese side, it lasted for about 2 hours.
— March 3, 2022 (Virtual) Format: Video call Leaders: Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Australia), Prime Minister Modi, Prime Minister Kishida and President Biden Note: According to the statement issued by the Japanese side, the video call was initiated and hosted by the US. The 4 leaders mainly exchanged views on the tense situation and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. It lasted for about 70 minutes.
— September 24, 2021 (Washington, DC) Format: In person Leaders participating: PM Morrison, PM Modi, PM Yoshihide Suga (Japan), and President Biden Note: This was the first in-person summit. PM Suga attended the summit after announcing his decision to step down as Prime Minister on September 3. Fumio Kishida became the next Prime Minister on October 4. According to the statement released by the Japanese side, it lasted for about 2 hours and 20 minutes.
— March 12, 2021 (Virtual) Format: Video call Leaders present: PM Morrison, PM Modi, PM Suga and President Biden Note: This was the first Quad Leaders Summit. It lasted for about 1 hour and 45 minutes
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