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白宫
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区
2022年5月24日
 
首相官邸
日本东京
日本标准时间上午10时35分
[总统在与日本首相岸田文雄、印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪和澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯共同会见记者时的讲话。]
拜登总统：非常感谢各位。在世界这个变革的时刻，与朋友相聚在一起是非常美好的——我们正处于一个变革的时刻。
岸田首相，我要赞扬你在过去几个月中所表现出的非凡领导力，以及你对我们所有人的亲切接待。
莫迪总理，很高兴再次与你面对面见面。感谢你继续致力于保证民主国家兑现服务，因为这就是根本：民主国家与专制国家的对比。 我们必须确保我们兑现服务。
阿尔巴尼斯总理，欢迎你参加你的第一次四方会议。 就像我所说，你登上了飞机——宣誓就职后就登上了飞机。 我——如果你在这里睡着了，没关系。 (笑声) 我不知道你怎么能做到。 但是——（笑声）——这真的很不寻常。而且还是刚刚结束竞选历程。
祝贺你当选。正如我在你获胜时——我打电话给你——说，我们非常感谢你致力在就职后这么快就到这里来。
四方领导人在一年多前首次会面。时间似乎更长，但迄今为止，我认为，我们的伙伴关系对实现我们的目标至关重要，对我们继续合作的基础十分重要。
正如前面提到的，我们已经完成了大量工作：在应对新冠和健康安全方面的合作——有更多的工作要做，这是显而易见的；在5G和技术供应链、制定技术标准方面的合作；以及启动我们的——我们的四国奖学金计划，我认为这能产生影响，对此我们之前已经谈过。
同时，我们正在经历共同历史上的一个黑暗时刻。俄罗斯对乌克兰的野蛮和无端的战争引发了一场人道灾难。无辜的平民在街头遭到杀害，数百万难民在国内流离失所和流亡海外。
这不只是一个欧洲问题；而是一个全球问题。事实是，如果打开电视机，你会看到俄罗斯现在的所作所为，在我看来，普京是在试图消灭一个文化。他甚至不再瞄准军事目标；他正在摧毁每一所学校、每一座教堂、每一个——每一个自然历史博物馆，似乎力图抹杀乌克兰文化。世界必须予以应对，我们正在这样做。
俄罗斯阻止乌克兰的百万吨粮食出口，加重全球粮食危机。而且，只要俄罗斯继续战争，美国就将与我们的伙伴共同帮助作出全球反应，因为它将影响世界所有地区。
与此同时，美国必须也定将强大、稳定，并且是印太地区的持久伙伴。我们在印太地区——我们是一个印太大国。
我曾经被问过——好吧，我不详谈了。但我曾经被中国领导人问过为什么我一直谈是印太大国。我说，“因为我们是。我们共享太平洋——我们国家的整个一侧”。而且我们已经同你们大家有深深的参与。
只要俄罗斯继续这场战争，我们将继续作为合作伙伴带领全球作出回应。
各位知道，正如我所说，我们是一个印太大国。我们将与你们，我们亲密的民主伙伴，站在一起。我们将代表共同的价值观——以及我们大家的共同愿景。
各位知道，就在俄罗斯发动这次入侵之前不久，我的政府公布了我们的印太战略，以推进一个自由、开放、互联、安全和有复原力的印太地区。
俄罗斯对乌克兰的进攻只会更突出这些目标的重要性­——国际秩序的基本原则，领土完整与主权，国际法。人权必须永远得到捍卫，无论在世界哪个地方被践踏。
有很多工作摆在我们四方面前。这是——事实是——保持这个地区的和平与稳定有很多工作要做；应对这场疫情和下一场；解决气候危机，就像我们的新同仁提到的；确保根据我们的价值观管理未来技术——根据我们的价值观管理。
但是短时间——在短时间内，我们已经显示，四方关系不是一时的时尚。我们是认真的。我们在这里是为了给这一地区带来成果。我为我们正在进行的共同建设感到自豪。我期待着我们的重要伙伴关系在未来许多年里蓬勃发展。
谢谢首相先生。
日本标准时间上午10时53分
 
欲查看原稿内容:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/24/remarks-by-president-biden-prime-minister-kishida-fumio-of-japan-prime-minister-narendra-modi-of-india-and-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-of-australia-at-the-second-in-person-quad-leaders/ 
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Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at the Second In-Person Quad Leaders’ Summit
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you very much.  It’s wonderful to be together with friends and — at this transformative moment in the world, and we are at a transformative moment.
Prime Minister Kishida, I want to commend you for the extraordinary leadership that, over the past few months, you’ve shown and for the gracious way in which you’ve hosted all of us.
And, Prime Minister Modi, it’s wonderful to see you again in person.  The — and I thank you for your continuing commitment to making sure democracies deliver, because that’s what this is about: democracies versus autocracies.  And we have to make sure we deliver.
Prime Minister Albanese, I welcome you to your first Quad meeting.  Like I said, you got on a plane — you were sworn in and got on a plane.  And I’m — if you fall asleep while you’re here, it’s okay.  (Laughter.)  Because I don’t know how you’re doing it.  But — (laughs) — it is really quite extraordinary.  Just getting off the campaign trail as well.
Congratulations on your election.  As I told when you won — I called you — that we greatly appreciate your commitment of being here so soon after taking office.
Quad leaders met for the first time just over one year ago.  It seems longer, but, to date, our partnership is central to achieving our goals and critical for the foundation of our continuing cooperation, in my view.
We already accomplished a great deal, as was referenced earlier: cooperating on COVID-19 response and health security — more to do, to state the obvious; partnering on 5G and technology supply chains, technology standards setting; and launching our — our Quad Fellowship Program, which I think can make a difference, which we talked about earlier.
At the same time, we’re navigating a dark hour in our shared history.  The Russian brutal and unprovoked war against Ukraine has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe.  And innocent civilians have [been] killed in the streets, and millions of refugees are internally displaced as well as exiled.
And this is more than just a European issue; it’s a global issue.  The fact is that what — if you turn on the television and you’ll see what Russia is doing now, it appears to me that Putin is just trying to extinguish a culture.  He’s not even aiming at military targets anymore; he’s taking out every school, every church, every — every natural history museum as if to try to obliterate the Ukrainian culture.  And the world has to deal with it, and we are. 
The global food crisis is made worse by Russia’s blocking Ukraine from exporting its millions of tons of grain.  And also, as long as Russia continues the war, the United States will work with our partners to help be the global response, because it’s going to affect all parts of the world.
At the same time, the United States must and will be strong, steady, and an enduring partner in the Indo-Pacific.  We are in the Indo-Pacific — we are — we are an Indo-Pacific power.
I was once asked by — well, I won’t go into it.  But I was once asked by the leader of China why I kept talking about being an Indo-Pacific power.  And I said, “Because we are.  We share the Pacific — one entire side of our country.”  And we have been deeply involved with all of you for a long time.
As long as Russia continues this war, we’re going to continue to be partners and gle- — lead a global response.
And, you know, we’re an Indo-Pacific power, as I said.  We’re going to stand with you, our close democratic partners.  And we’re going to stand for the shared values that — and the shared vision we all have.
You know, shortly before Russia launched this invasion, my administration published our Indo-Pacific strategy to advance a free, open, connected, secure, and resilient Indo-Pacific.
Russia’s assault on Ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals — the fundamental principles of international order, territorial integrity and sovereignty, international law.  Human rights must always be defended, regardless of where they’re violated in the world.
So, the Quad has a lot of work ahead of us.  It’s — the fact of the matter is — and we’ve a lot of work to do keeping this region peaceful and stable; tackling this pandemic and the next one; and addressing the climate crisis, as referenced by our new colleague; ensuring that technologies of the future are governed according to our values — governed according to our values.
But a short time — in a short time, we’ve shown the Quad isn’t just a passing fad.  We mean business.  We’re here to get things done for the region.  And I’m proud of what we’re building together.  And I look forward to our vital partnership flourishing and for many years to come.
Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.
10:53 A.M. JST