The Quad summit was held in Tokyo on May 24, 2022, and the group of countries decided to extend more than $50 billion of infrastructure assistance and investment in the Indo-Pacific region over the next five years, according to various media sources.
The leaders of the Quad nations — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — met for the fourth time and the second time in person. Established in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami to coordinate humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, the Quad has since become a leading regional partnership dedicated to advancing a common vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific through practical cooperation on diverse 21st-century challenges. With six leader-level working groups — COVID-19 Response and Global Health Security; Climate; Critical and Emerging Technologies; Cyber; Space; and Infrastructure — the Quad is building habits of cooperation among our four countries that will support a more peaceful and prosperous In