India may host Quad summit this year, foreign ministers likely to meet in US soon

Foreign ministers of the Quad nations — a group comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States — are expected to meet in early July in Washington. The meeting comes against the backdrop of rising tensions in South Asia and China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

The meeting is likely to set the stage for a larger summit to be held later this year in India, amid a renewed push by the United States to strengthen the Quad as a counter to Chinese influence.

World leaders of the Quad, including US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are expected to attend the summit in India.

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The upcoming foreign ministers meeting will help shape the summit’s agenda, which is expected to focus on maritime security and disaster management. Maritime security remains a key priority for India, particularly as China intensifies its activities in the Indo-Pacific.

The United States is already engaged in a trade war with China, with President Trump threatening massive tariffs and adopting a hardline stance against Beijing.

Even after his second inauguration, a Quad meeting of foreign ministers was held on 21 January, which was also attended by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

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The Quad was formed in 2007 and revitalised under Trump’s first presidency in 2017. The group serves as a strategic partnership committed to promoting a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. While its initiatives span critical and emerging technologies, health security, climate change, infrastructure, and cybersecurity, many analysts see the Quad as a platform to counterbalance China and its growing regional influence.

The grouping gained further prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic through its vaccine initiative and has since evolved to include regular summits, foreign ministers’ meetings, and joint naval exercises such as the Malabar drills.

The Quad continues to serve as a platform for these four major democracies to align their strategic interests, uphold the international rules-based order, and provide transparent alternatives to initiatives such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative.