The 11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in New Delhi on 26 May 2026, bringing together India, the United States, Japan, and Australia to strengthen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
The Quad countries announced several major initiatives, including the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration (IPMSC) to monitor illegal fishing, piracy, and trafficking through advanced satellite tracking of “grey” and “dark” vessels. They also launched the Quad Ports of the Future Partnership for infrastructure development in Pacific Island nations, beginning with Fiji.
A new Critical Minerals Framework was introduced to strengthen rare earth supply chains, along with an India-US agreement on mining and processing cooperation. The partners also unveiled an Energy Security Initiative to improve regional resilience amid West Asia tensions. Additionally, the Quad strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in India and Australia and announced a counter-terrorism exercise in Australia in June 2026.
