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By India Today News Desk: The Indian Australian Diaspora Foundation (IADF) is set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a grand community event in Sydney on May 23, during his upcoming visit to Australia. Modi will be in Australia to attend the Quad summit along with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on May 24.
Ahead of the summit, the foundation has planned a cultural event in collaboration with other Indian diaspora organisations to give a warm welcome to the PM.
Modi’s Australia visit
A press release shared by the foundation on Thursday about the welcome reception read, “The event aims to provide the large and growing Indian diaspora of Australia with an opportunity to listen to our beloved leader, the Prime Minister of India.”
“Since the opening of the registration process, more than 300 diaspora organizations from various social, cultural, linguistic, business, professional and religious backgrounds have registered to become “Welcome Partners” for the reception,” it further read.
The event will include “colourful” singing and dance performances to highlight India’s rich and diverse culture as per the press release. The venue and time for the reception will be announced shortly, according to the Indian Australian Diaspora Foundation’s website. IADF is a non-profit organsation that works to promote and celebrate India’s diverse culture in Australia.
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Quad summit
This year, leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad summit are expected to discuss the implications of the Ukraine conflict and situation in the Indo-Pacific, as per PTI. Australia will be hosting the third in-person Quad leaders’ summit for the first time.
Speaking about the summit in a media release, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “The Quad is committed to supporting an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is respectful of sovereignty and ensures security and growth for all.”
Before the Quad leaders’ summit, Modi will visit Hiroshima in Japan to attend the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) on May 19. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had invited his Indian counterpart to the summit during his visit to India in March.
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