For the first time as president, Joe Biden is hosting foreign leaders in Delaware this weekend.
The leaders are from the Quad, a diplomatic group representing Australia, India, Japan and the United States that’s focused on Indo-Pacific issues.
They are:
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: The 61-year-old has been in office since May 23, 2022.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: The 74-year-old has been in office since May 26, 2014.
- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishid: The 67-year-old has been in office since Oct. 4, 2021, and will be leaving early next month.
In addition to these countries’ leaders are some names that you may recognize, including Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, and Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia.
Meetings are taking place Friday and Saturday at Biden’s Greenville home and at his alma mater Archmere Academy in Claymont.
President Joe Biden meets with Australian prime minister
On Friday evening, Biden hosted a personal meeting with Australia’s Albanese at his home.
Representing the United States:
- Antony Blinken, secretary of state
- Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president and national security adviser
- Caroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Australia
Representing Australia:
- Kevin Rudd, Australian Ambassador to the United States
- Kathy Klugman, principal adviser, international, Office of the Prime Minister
- Graham Fletcher, deputy secretary and Quad sherpa, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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President Joe Biden meets with Archmere Academy football players
Also on Friday night, the president met with about 30 Archmere football players at their school after they won their game against Newark 43-13.
President Joe Biden meets with Japanese prime minister
On Saturday morning, Biden had a personal meeting with Japan’s Kishida at his home.
Representing the United States:
- Antony Blinken, secretary of state
- Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president for national security affairs
- Mira Rapp-Hooper, special assistant to the president and senior director for East Asia and Oceania, National Security Council
Representing Japan:
- Hiroshi Moriya, deputy chief Cabinet secretary
- Takeo Akiba, national security adviser
- Takehiro Funakoshi, senior deputy minister for foreign affairs
President Joe Biden meets with Indian prime minister
On Saturday afternoon, Biden held a personal meeting with India’s Modi at his home.
Representing the United States:
- Antony Blinken, secretary of state
- Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president for national security affairs
- Eric Garcetti, ambassador of the United States to India
Representing India:
- S. Jaishankar, external affairs minister
- Vinay Mohan Kwatra, ambassador of India to the United States
- Vikram Misri, foreign secretary
President Joe Biden travels to Archmere Academy
Biden left his home at 2:50 p.m. Saturday and arrived at Archmere Academy at 3:10 p.m.
Traveling in the president’s motorcade:
- Antony Blinken, secretary of state
- Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president and national security adviser
- Annie Tomasini, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff
- Ryan Montoya, assistant to the president and director of scheduling & advance
- Ethan Rosenzweig, acting chief of protocol of the United States
- Caroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Australia
- Jacob Spreyer, special assistant to the president and personal aide to the president
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The Quad schedule
The Quad is meeting at Archmere Academy on Saturday.
Here is what’s planned:
- 4 p.m.: Quad Leaders Summit
- 6:30 p.m.: Quad Leaders Cancer Moonshot announcement
- 7:30 p.m.: Quad Leaders dinner
- 9 p.m.: Quad Leaders departure
