Anthony Albanese. File photoMOSCOW, May 22Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, who emerges victorious in federal parliamentary elections, said he would attend the May 24 QUAD summit in Tokyo, where he would hold bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kisida, US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.» One-on-one meetings are scheduled with Prime Minister Kisida, President Biden, as well as Prime Minister Modi. This will take place on Tuesday afternoon (local time — ed.). I'll be back in Australia on Wednesday and then we'll get down to business,» Albanese told reporters. A video of his speech was posted by the Australian television channel ABC.
Australian PM admits defeat in federal parliamentary electionsAccording to Albanese, the meeting of QUAD leaders is «an absolute priority for Australia». He noted that this is an opportunity to tell the world about a change in government and that policy changes will also follow, in particular in areas such as climate change. The QUAD (quadripartite security dialogue) format includes India, the United States, Japan and Australia. This format was initiated in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an informal consultative mechanism of four countries that share the values of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. The demand for the format has increased with the aggravation of contradictions between the US and China.
