Rubio to host meeting of Indo-Pacific Quad

WASHINGTON, Oct 31: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan on Saturday, their third meeting this year, as plans take shape for a summit of the leaders of the four countries in Manila next month.

The leaders' summit, slated to occur during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference in the Philippine capital November 15-18, will be the first since 2024, and the first for US President Donald Trump. 

The first formal leaders' summits of the four countries known as the Quad did not begin until President Joe Biden took office in 2021. 

Trump was scheduled to attend a Quad summit in India in late 2025, but canceled the visit due to trade frictions and tariff disputes with New Delhi.�"REUTERS