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Quad ministers announce new Indo-Pacific initiatives on maritime security and energy
The ministers unveiled new cooperation on ship tracking, energy security and critical minerals as the Quad seeks to counter China’s growing influence.
- On Tuesday, foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States met in New Delhi for the third Quad gathering since September 2024, announcing joint initiatives on maritime surveillance, port infrastructure and energy security.
- Doubts about Quad momentum have grown since national leaders last met in 2024, with tensions between President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over tariffs delaying a planned summit in India last year.
- Rubio announced the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Cooperation Initiative integrating member surveillance capabilities, a Critical Minerals Framework to strengthen supply chains, and the Quad's first joint port infrastructure project in Fiji addressing Pacific Islands capacity gaps.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Quad as a "partnership of action," saying the group has shifted from a "talk shop" to delivering "real achievements and real accomplishments," representing one-third of global GDP and two billion people.
- Analyst Premesha Saha of Asia Society Australia said ministerial-level cooperation can sustain Quad relevance without leaders' summits, though diplomats work toward a meeting later this year; China's foreign ministry opposes the grouping as "exclusive cliques or bloc confrontation.
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