The four Indo-Pacific leaders of "the Quad" grouping vowed on Tuesday to stand together for a free and open region at the start of talks, vowing also to work on fighting climate change.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and their counterparts from Australia and India began discussions aimed at countering an increasingly assertive China and paving over differences on issues including Russia.
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