Joe Biden to meet PM Modi at Quad Summit in Japan next week

US President Joe Biden and Prime minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting in Japan, next week. The US president will be flying to Japan for the second in-person Quad summit, the White House has said.

"This trip will advance the Biden-Harris Administration's rock-solid commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier. 

The Quad Summit comprises four countries, including Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. The Summit was formed by the Trump Administration. 

The US president is also scheduled to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio.

"We believe that this summit will demonstrate both in substance and in vision that democracies can deliver and that these four nations working together will defend and uphold the principles of a free and open Indo-Pacific," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.

He further said, “in Tokyo, President Biden will also launch a new and ambitious economic initiative for the region, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which will be a 21st-century economic arrangement, designed to tackle new economic challenges,”