Wishing a newly elected fellow international chief properly good fortune is one thing, however US President Joe Biden additionally wishes Australia’s Anthony Albanese to have an amazing night.
Meeting Tuesday on the Quad summit in Tokyo — the free grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States — Biden expressed admiration that Albanese made the lengthy flight proper after prevailing his election as high minister.
“I welcome you in your first Quad meeting,” stated Biden, who needed to make an excellent longer adventure from Washington for his first presidential Asia trip, beginning in South Korea earlier than hopping to Japan.
“Like I stated, you acquire on a plane — you have been sworn in and were given on a plane,” Biden stated.
So “in case you doze off whilst you are here, it is OK, due to the fact I do not know how you are doing it. It’s virtually pretty extraordinary — simply getting off the marketing campaign path as well.”
After the Quad summit, Biden and Albanese are because of maintain separate bilateral talks.
Biden may even meet one at a time with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whilst Albanese is to maintain talks with Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
