Quad Foreign Ministers Release Joint Statement Following High Level New Delhi Talks | APT

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:02]Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, Her Excellency Miss Penny Wong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, His Excellency Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Secretary of State of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr. Marco Rubio, Honorable External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, distinguished guests, and friends from the media. Namaskar and very good morning to all of you.

[00:00:32]I welcome you to this press statement session.

[00:00:35]First, I invite External Affairs Minister of India for his remarks to the media. Sir.

[00:00:42]Thank you, Randhir.

[00:00:44]Uh Minister Wong, Minister Motegi, Secretary Rubio, ladies and gentlemen, uh we've just concluded a very substantive and productive meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers, and I thank Penny, Toshi, Marco for being here, making the effort, and for uh what's, as I said, been a very, very good meeting.

[00:01:08]Now, this is our first meeting in 2026.

[00:01:11]We had met twice in 2025.

[00:01:15]Uh understandably, much of the discussions, and indeed the bilateral exchanges, were devoted to the current state of the world.

[00:01:25]Being Quad, we naturally focused on issues of particular relevance to the Indo-Pacific.

[00:01:33]Because we are four maritime democracies located at different ends of the Indo-Pacific, the exchange of perspectives was an exercise of considerable value.

[00:01:46]The maritime domain has seen a steady expansion of collaboration, including surveillance and domain awareness, logistics network, undersea cables, training, capacity building, and HADR activities.

[00:02:02]We will be continuing to deepen these areas in the times ahead.

[00:02:08]We spent some time on the question of safe and unimpeded maritime commerce and reaffirmed the significance of scrupulously observing international law.

[00:02:22]Our four nations are also market economies.

[00:02:26]We believe strongly that economic resilience should be promoted, that supply chains should be strengthened, trusted and secure technologies diffused, and production capacities enhanced.

[00:02:41]Our deliberations touched on the current energy and fertilizer availability, as well as that of critical minerals and resources.

[00:02:50]The goal is to intensify cooperation among ourselves, while also assisting others.

[00:02:58]We, the Quad nations, are open societies who foster innovation and creativity in our quest for growth and prosperity.

[00:03:08]These forces are strengthened when we undertake more exchanges, as we intend to do.

[00:03:15]So, whether it is in business forums, healthcare initiatives, or digital activities, each facet of a joint effort makes the region that much better.

[00:03:29]As democratic nations, we also devoted attention to countering the common threat of terrorism.

[00:03:35]There must be zero tolerance for terrorism, and nations subject to terrorist attacks have the right to defend themselves.

[00:03:46]A free and open Indo-Pacific has many dimensions and facets.

[00:03:51]Our meeting today took stock of the progress in many of them while encouraging exploration in others.

[00:03:59]In the coming day