U.S., Japan, Australia and India to Hold Quad Summit in the Philippines on the 17th
Resumes After 2 Years and 2 Months; Quad to Discuss Measures to Counter China
A summit of the Quad, an Indo-Pacific security partnership involving the United States, Japan, Australia and India, is expected to take place next week during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.
According to major foreign media outlets and other sources, the leaders of the four Quad countries—the United States, Japan, Australia and India—will attend the summit in Manila, the Philippine capital, on the 17th, the final day of the ASEAN summit.
If held, the Quad summit will resume for the first time in two years and two months since the leaders last met in Wilmington, Delaware, in September 2024. It will also be the first since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office last year.
A Quad summit scheduled to take place in India late last year was canceled amid tensions between the United States and India over issues including tariffs.
President Trump's plane is expected to arrive in Manila at around 5:30 p.m. on the 17th, shortly before the ASEAN summit's closing ceremony. The meeting is expected to take place soon after his arrival.
The main agenda is expected to include responses to China's growing military influence and issues related to critical mineral supplies. Commercial shipping routes vital to securing energy supplies and attacks on commercial vessels are also expected to be key topics.
Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the four Quad leaders are also expected to announce a plan for $85 million in technological and financial support (approximately 113 billion won) to build trusted artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Earlier, the foreign ministers of the four Quad countries met on October 31 in Atlanta, United States, where the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers' meeting was held, and agreed to jointly respond to China's control over supply chains in the critical minerals sector.
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