Archive · 30 Oct 2025
India: Quad Leaders' Summit to be Scheduled via Diplomatic Consultations
Imagine four friends: India, Australia, Japan, and the United States, who like to talk about important world issues together.
They call their group the Quad.
India is getting ready to host their next big meeting where their leaders will talk.
India says that when they decide to have this meeting, they will all talk to each other diplomatically to pick a date.
The Quad is a helpful group for these friends to share ideas about making the world a better and more peaceful place, especially in a big ocean region called the Indo-Pacific.
One of the friends, the Prime Minister of Australia, hopes they can meet early next year.
Their foreign ministers, who are like their top diplomats, met recently in America to plan things.
India views the Quad as a valuable forum for discussing shared interests among its four partners.
Any Quad Leaders' Summit will be scheduled through diplomatic consultations among India, Australia, Japan, and the United States.
India is slated to host the next Quad Leaders' Summit, though dates have not yet been announced.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed hope for a Quad leaders' meeting in the first quarter of 2026.
The Quad aims to promote global good and support a free, open, prosperous, and resilient Indo-Pacific.
- Who
- India (Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal), Australia, Japan, and the United States
- What
- India stated that any Quad Leaders' Summit will be scheduled through diplomatic consultations among the four partner countries, viewing the Quad as a valuable forum for discussion on shared interests.
- When
- The MEA statement was made on Thursday. Australian PM Albanese expressed hope for a meeting in the first quarter of 2026.
- Where
- New Delhi (MEA briefing), Washington (recent Foreign Ministers' Meeting), Kuala Lumpur (Albanese's press conference)
- Why
- To schedule a Quad Leaders' Summit and discuss shared interests among the four partner countries.
- Forum Members
- India, Australia, Japan, United States
- Primary Goal
- Work as a force for global good and support a free and open Indo-Pacific
- Recent Meeting
- 10th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Washington on July 1, 2025
- Next Host
- India