Prime Minister attends the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware on 21 September 2024, hosted by the President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Mr. Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida also participated.

Remarks By Indian PM

Heartiest Thanks 

• Thanked President Biden for hosting the Summit and for his personal commitment to strengthen the Quad as a force for global good. 

QUAD’s Importance in a crisis world

• The Prime Minister stated that at a time when the world is ridden with tensions and conflicts, the coming together of Quad partners, with shared democratic ethos and values, is important for humanity. 

Emphasizing the sovereignty 

• He emphasized that the group stood for upholding the international order based on the rule of law, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and with a commitment to pursue peaceful resolution of disputes. 

Open Indo-Pacific  

• He further stated that a free, open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific was a shared objective of the Quad partners. 

QUAD’s Future 

• He underlined that the Quad was here to stay, to assist, to partner and to complement the efforts of Indo-Pacific countries.

Announcements Made in This year summit

1. Quad Cancer Moonshot

• A groundbreaking partnership to save lives in the Indo-Pacific region by combating cervical cancer

2. Maritime Initiative for Training in the Indo-Pacific(MAITRI)

• To enable Indo-Pacific partners to maximize tools (IPMDA) provided through IPMDA and other Quad initiatives.
• First-ever “Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission” in 2025 to improve interoperability and advance maritime safety.

3. Quad Ports of the Future Partnership

• Which will harness the Quad’s collective expertise to support sustainable and resilient port infrastructure development across the Indo-Pacific.

4. Quad Principles for Development and Deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure in the region and beyond.

5. A “Semiconductor Supply Chains Contingency Network Memorandum of Cooperation

• To enhance resilience of Quad’s semiconductor supply chains.

6. Collective Quad effort to boost energy efficiency, including deployment and manufacturing of high-efficiency affordable cooling systems in the Indo-Pacific region.

7. India’s establishment of a space-based web portal for Mauritius

• To support the concept of open science for space-based monitoring of extreme weather events and climate impact.

8. A new sub-category under the Quad STEM Fellowship

• Announced by India, for students of the Indo-Pacific region to pursue a 4-year bachelor’s level engineering programme at a Government of India funded technical institute.

Next Host

• The Leaders welcomed the next hosting of the Quad Leaders’ Summit by India in 2025. 
• To take the Quad agenda forward, they adopted the Quad Wilmington Declaration. 
• The Wilmington Declaration Joint Statement from the Leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.