QUAD FM Meet 2026 | Rubio Announces Quad Initiatives On Maritime Security, Ports, Critical Minerals
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday underscored the economic and strategic significance of the Quad grouping, describing it as a coalition of major democracies committed to shared interests across the Indo-Pacific.Addressing a press joint statement, Rubio said, "The stage today represented countries that collectively are about a third of the world's GDP, over almost 2 billion people, and not these aren't just countries that have economic reach, a third of the world's being 2 billion people, they are countries who share strong values, strong vibrant democracies, who also are committed to many of the same concepts with regards to economic development and have many aligned interests in those fields as well."Highlighting key outcomes from the meeting, Rubio announced a new Indo-Pacific maritime initiative aimed at enhancing regional surveillance coordination among Quad members.
