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From left, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, India’s Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pose following a Quad ministerial meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on May 26, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Reuters
The foreign ministers of Australia, India, and Japan and the U.S. Secretary of State agreed on May 26 to deepen cooperation on critical minerals and energy security, as well as jointly develop a port project in Fiji.
The move marks a new push by the Quad grouping to expand its economic and strategic role in the Indo-Pacific.
Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.
