Quad countries to cooperate on vaccine for developing nations: Japan PM

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at Quad summit. Credit: AFP Photo

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday he had agreed with leaders from the United States, India and Australia to cooperate in providing Covid-19 vaccine-related support to developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Suga also told reporters that he had expressed strong opposition to China's unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the meeting of the four countries known as the "Quad", and that the four leaders had agreed to cooperate on the issue.