Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific” during the latest Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, with discussions focusing on maritime security, critical minerals, supply chains and regional stability.
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the Indo-Pacific faced growing pressures linked to supply chain resilience, manufacturing concentration, connectivity choke points and gaps in critical infrastructure.
“At the global level, we have to address issues like supply chain resilience, connectivity choke points, manufacturing and resource concentrations, and gaps in critical infrastructure,” Jaishankar said. “Each one of them offers a new argument for more partnerships, stronger growth, and realising the promise of technologies.”
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong described the Indo-Pacific as a region facing “accelerating contest, a deteriorating strategic environment and acute economic stress.”
“We all share a vision for the Indo-Pacific. A region that is free and open. A region that is peaceful, stable and prosperous,” Wong said.
Wong said the Quad had already delivered “concrete results” through cooperation on natural disaster responses, maritime security, undersea cables and critical minerals. She pointed to support efforts following the earthquake in Myanmar and the Papua New Guinea landslide as examples of regional coordination.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington wanted the Quad to evolve from a discussion forum into a grouping capable of taking coordinated action on regional challenges.
“Our goal collectively over the last year has been to turn this from a forum in which we meet and talk about problems, to one where we actually do something about it,” Rubio said.
Rubio said cooperation between the four countries had become increasingly important in areas including energy security, freedom of navigation and critical mineral supply chains.
“These are areas where all four of our countries, collectively and individually, can bring tremendous assets to bear in terms of solving these problems,” he said.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said the meeting sent “an unshaken, firm message to the world” that the Quad would continue promoting practical cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.
Motegi said Indo-Pacific nations needed stronger resilience and economic security capabilities “to determine their own future.”
The Quad, which brings together Australia, India, Japan and the United States, has expanded its agenda in recent years beyond security matters to include economic resilience, technology partnerships, disaster response and infrastructure cooperation across the Indo-Pacific region.
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