Fumio Kishida. File photoTOKYO, May 24.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the Quadripartite Security Dialogue Summit of Japan, USA, Australia, India should reaffirm the solidarity of the alliance and discuss new areas for cooperation. the rule of law that we all insist on. Russia's attack on Ukraine is a challenge to a number of principles enshrined in the UN Charter. We must not allow this to happen in the Indo-Pacific region,» he said in his opening speech at the opening of the summit .»I see a deep meaning in the fact that in today's difficult conditions we demonstrate to the world community the solidarity of our four countries and a common vision of the principle of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Without cooperation with the countries of the region, there can be no successful cooperation between Japan, the USA, India and Australia We will confirm the concrete progress of the cooperation in a wide range of areas, as well as discussing new areas such as assistance to regional climate action, maritime monitoring, humanitarian aid, disaster relief,” Kishida added. The leaders of Japan, the United States, India and Australia, members of the Quadruple Security Dialogue (Quad) hold their second in-person summit in Tokyo. The dialogue was launched online in March last year, followed by a face-to-face meeting of heads of state in the United States in September, followed by one online summit in March of this year. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
