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As New Delhi gears up to host key strategic partners ahead of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Tuesday, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is scheduled to arrive in India late on Monday evening.
According to a release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Wong will participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting on May 26. She is also scheduled to deliver joint press statements, call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Seva Teerth later in the evening, and hold bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Wong hailed Quad as a vital partnership for shaping a peaceful, stable and prosperous future for the Indo-Pacific region in a statement shared ahead of the visit. She added, "While in India, I will hold the 17th Australia-India Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue with my counterpart, Minister for External Affairs Dr S. Jaishankar. Australia and India's partnership has never been more consequential." While US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is already in India ahead of the Quad FMM, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is set to arrive in India for a two-day visit to participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting. He is also scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, as per an official release by the Ministry of External Affairs. In a major diplomatic deployment matching the regional focus, India is gearing up to host the foreign ministers of the Quad nations in the national capital to deliberate on the evolving security matrix of the Indo-Pacific and the escalating friction points across West Asia. The high-level congregation of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue--bringing together India, the United States, Australia, and Japan--is locked in for May 26 under the chairmanship of External Affairs Minister Jaishankar. At the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the Foreign Minister of Australia, Penny Wong; the Foreign Minister of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi; and the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting. In keeping with the Quad vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, the Ministers will build on discussions held in Washington, DC, on 1 July 2025. They will exchange views on advancing Quad cooperation across priority areas, review progress on ongoing Quad initiatives, and reflect on recent developments in the Indo-Pacific region and other international issues of mutual concern. (ANI)
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