"Space, 5G...": White House Official Hints At What Quad Leaders Will Announce Today

2021 Quad Meet Washington: Quad leaders are also planning to roll out vaccine deliverables and announce a series of measures in the field of healthcare and infrastructure sector, officials in Washington told news agency Press Trust of India.

Leaders of Quad countries - Australia, India, Japan and the US - will announce a new working group on space, a supply chain initiative and a 5G deployment and diversification effort apart from discussing issues like challenges in the Indo-Pacific, climate change and COVID-19 pandemic during their historic meeting in Washington today, the White House has said.

At the invitation of President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterparts Scott Morrison from Australia and Yoshihide Suga from Japan have gathered in the American capital for the first-ever in-person Quad summit at the White House.

Quad leaders are also planning to roll out vaccine deliverables and announce a series of measures in the field of healthcare and infrastructure sector, officials in Washington told news agency Press Trust of India.

"The leaders are hopeful for an opportunity in an intimate setting to sit down and talk about issues of mutual interest and concern. They'll have discussions on critical issues that are confronting the Indo-Pacific; issues associated with climate change, with matters relating to COVID. They will also talk about how to advance infrastructure," a senior administration official said.