The U.S. president joked that it would be OK if the new Australian premier happened to fall sleep during the QUAD summit, APA reports citing The News and Observer.
Biden, Modi and Japan's Fumio Kishida launched the Quad summit by welcoming Australia's Anthony Albanese to the club and expressing awe at his determination to join the informal security coalition by rushing to Tokyo immediately after being sworn in on Monday.
“I don’t know how you’re doing it," Biden told Albanese, he added.