Quad Foreign Ministers meet in New Delhi to unveil five Indo-Pacific cooperation initiatives

Key facts

• The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers met in New Delhi to launch five initiatives focusing on maritime surveillance, port infrastructure, energy security, critical minerals, and regional maritime coordination.
• The United States launched the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Cooperation to integrate surveillance capabilities and expanded the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness to provide commercial maritime tracking data.
• The Quad launched the Ports of the Future partnership, which includes a pilot project for port infrastructure in Fiji.
• A new Indo-Pacific energy security initiative was announced, and India will host the next Quad-at-Sea Mission involving the coast guards of the four member nations.
• India and the United States signed an agreement on cooperation in critical minerals and rare earths to strengthen supply chain resilience.