The White House, USA. File photoWASHINGTON, May 24 Quadrulateral Security Dialogue (Quad — US, Japan, Australia, India) leaders at the Tokyo summit to launch a maritime border security initiative that will, among other things, track activity at sea in three regions, the White House said on Monday. According to a widespread statement, the initiative will be called the «Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Awareness» and will allow four countries to receive a «comprehensive picture» of what is happening in the maritime space in a mode close to «This initiative will change the ability of partners in the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean region to fully control the maritime borders, as well as maintain the freedom and openness of the Indo-Pacific region,» the White House statement says. According to the White House, the new initiative will «unite three critical regions into a single Indo-Pacific.» Among other things, it is cited as a benefit that it will increase the ability to share data between the four countries on illegal fishing and strengthen responses to events of a «climate and humanitarian nature.» On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan, the United States, India and Australia — countries included in the Security Council (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 another online summit in March this year.The Prime Minister of Japan said that Tokyo and Washington should lead the world
