The G4 Ministers representing Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan stressed that a comprehensive reform of the Security Council is an "essential part" of any endeavor to make the United Nations better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus fit for the present and future.
India surpassed Japan to become the third-largest power in the Asia Power Index, according to an official statement by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary Vikram said that the leaders agreed that as next year would be the 10th anniversary of India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, it should be marked appropriately.
Fumio Kishida said on Saturday that the Quad Leaders Summit taking place in Wilmington, Delaware "could not have been better suited" for his last foreign visit as the Prime Minister of Japan.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has departed for the United States on Saturday to meet with President Joe Biden and attend a meeting of the Quad group, also including Australia and India.
The venue of this year's summit is significant as it is the school which Joe Biden attended, the Archmere Academy. According to the school, the US President graduated from Archmere Academy in 1961, where he played football.
Albanese said that he looks forward to meeting Quad partners to discuss important challenges faced by the Indo-Pacific and strengthening the cooperation between the four nations.
Atsushi Mimura, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan, and Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, held the 2nd India-Japan Finance Dialogue in Tokyo on September 6 and agreed to continue discussions aimed at further promoting financial
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with Akie Abe, the wife of Japan's late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and fondly remembered his close personal friendship with Shinzo Abe.