As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi chairs the May 26 UN Security Council high-level debate on “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter” in New York, the foreign ministers of the United States, India, Japan, and Australia will convene the Quad ministerial in New Delhi the same day—the first Quad FMs meeting hosted by India since 2023. External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hosts U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (who is making his first trip to India as Secretary of State), Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, with bilateral meetings and courtesy calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled around the principal session.
The joint statement is expected to cover “freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea, cybersecurity, critical-mineral supply-chains, and coordination on the humanitarian and economic consequences of the disruption of global shipping caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran.