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on september 21, local time, us president biden hosted the last quad security dialogue summit during his term in office in his hometown of delaware. after the summit, the united states, japan, india and australia issued a joint statement, the wilmington declaration, announcing the strengthening of maritime security cooperation in the indo-pacific region, including the quad joint coast guard action plan to be launched next year, "to enhance interoperability and promote maritime security."

at the meeting, biden stressed the importance of maintaining the quadrilateral security dialogue mechanism and regarded it as an important diplomatic achievement during his administration. it is reported that the quadrilateral security dialogue was originally launched in 2007, but was soon disbanded for various reasons and was resumed by the trump administration in 2017. after biden took office in 2021,elevate the quadrilateral security dialogue from the foreign ministers' level to the leaders' level, and held the first quadrilateral security dialogue leaders’ summit.

a senior biden administration official said:the summit expanded the indo-pacific maritime awareness partnership initiative to the indian oceanin addition, the leaders of the four countries will announce at the summit that a joint action plan for the coast guards of the four countries will be launched next year.allows coast guard members from australia, japan and india to board u.s. coast guard vessels and take turns conducting joint patrols.the white house said the four countries will also plan more military logistics cooperation, including new technologies and training programs.

although us national security advisor sullivan said before the meeting that the quad security dialogue was not aimed at any other country, "but centered on how to build a free and open indo-pacific region", biden mentioned china at the beginning of the summit. analysts pointed out that the new maritime security initiative may reflect the four countries' serious concerns about china's movements.