US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the next Quad Leaders’ Summit will be held in Manila, the Philippines, next month, bringing together the leaders of India, the United States, Japan and Australia at a crucial moment for the Indo-Pacific region.
Speaking about the proposed gathering, Rubio said, “…We’ll be announcing very soon, if we haven’t already, that we’ll be holding a Quad Leaders’ Meeting in Manila next month…”
The development follows a meeting of Quad foreign ministers in Atlanta on October 31, where Rubio met Indian External Affairs Minister S. The proposed Manila summit will be particularly significant as it would mark the first meeting of Quad leaders since September 2024, when the last summit was hosted by then US President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. India was expected to host the next summit in 2025, but the meeting did not materialise amid scheduling difficulties and uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump’s proposed visit to India.
The announcement comes amid intensified diplomatic engagement among the four Quad members, with the proposed summit expected to take place on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) meetings in November. Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
