new delhi india us australia and japan the four nations of the quad grouping vowed on tuesday to stand together for a free and open indopacific region at the start of the second inperson meeting in japanprime minister narendra modi us president joe biden japanese pm fumio kishida and australias anthony albenese held wideranging discussions with an eye on an increasingly assertive china which has been flexing its muscles in the indopacific regionread alsoexplainer whats the 4nation quad where did it come fromchina has complained that the group represents an attempt at forming an asian nato though unlike the european alliance there is no mutualdefense pact in effect quad members say the group is meant to deepen economic diplomatic and military ties among the four countriesthe leaders also vowed to work on fighting climate change and sought to pave over differences on issues involving russias invasion of ukraine the four leaders also issued a joint statement after the tokyo summitheres a look at the key highlights from the meeting quad ensured peace in indopacific pm modihighlighting that the quads scope has become extensive despite covid19 challenges prime minister narendra modi said the mutual trust and determination of the member countries is giving new energy and enthusiasm to democratic powersin his opening remarks at the summit pm modi said quad has made an important place for itself before the world in such a short span of time today quads scope has become extensive its form effective our mutual trust and our determination is giving new energy and enthusiasm to democratic powersthe prime minister added that quad is moving ahead with a constructive agenda for indopacificat the quad level with our mutual cooperation a free open and inclusive indo pacific region is getting encouraged it is the shared goal of all of us he addedlater japanese pm kishida announced that quad has committed to invest 50 billion in the indopacific regionrussia on agendabesides talks of an inclusive indopacific the quad leades particularly president biden focussed heavily on the russian invasion of ukraine which entered its fourth month todayin his opening remarks at the summit president biden vowed that us will continue to work with its partners as long as russia is waging war against ukrainein strong remarks against vladimir putin biden said the russian president is just trying to extinguish a culture in ukraine biden also warned that the global food crisis may worsen since russia has blocked ukraine from exporting its grainsstressing that washington would stand with its close domestic partners to push for a free and open indopacific region he said russias assault of ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals of fundamental principles of international order territorial integrity and sovereigntymeanwhile japanese prime minister fumio kishida in his opening remarks said the russian invasion of ukraine represented a frontal challenge to the principles of the un charter and similar things should never be allowed to happen in the indopacifica grave incident which has fundamentally