US Lawmakers And Experts Support Historic Indo-Pacific Quad Summit

Quad Summit For Indo-Pacific Region: On March 12, Joe Biden opened the first Quad Leaders' Summit held virtually and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Top American lawmakers and experts have applauded the first Quad summit of leaders from the US, India, Australia and Japan and supported the move of President Joe Biden to address the challenge posed by China in the Indo-Pacific region. On March 12, Joe Biden opened the first Quad Leaders' Summit held virtually and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The Indo-Pacific is the most consequential region for American foreign policy, with enormous challenges but also great opportunities, Indian-American Congressman Dr Ami Bera, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, said on Friday. During a Congressional hearing on America's Way Forward in the Indo-Pacific, chaired by him, Mr Bera said from increased aggression in the South and East China sea, to the use of coercive trade measures, China is the greatest geopolitical challenge they have faced in decades.