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Jaishankar to attend Quad and G20 meetings in Atlanta
India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar will travel to Atlanta for meetings this week.
The Quad foreign ministers will meet there on Oct.
30-31, alongside a G20 ministerial gathering hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The meeting will be the Quad's second this year, after India hosted one in May.
The ministers will discuss the agenda for a leaders' summit expected in Manila next month, on the sidelines of Asean meetings.
The summit is likely to take place on Nov.
16 and would be the first Quad leaders' meeting in two years.
It comes amid maritime tensions between Manila and Beijing and follows a downturn in India-US ties that prevented India from hosting the summit last year.
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will attend G20 and Quad foreign ministers’ meetings in Atlanta on October 30–31.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host the meetings.
The Quad foreign ministers are expected to outline the agenda for a leaders’ summit in Manila next month.
The Manila summit is likely to take place on November 16, on the margins of ASEAN meetings.
It would be the first Quad leaders’ summit in two years, after India did not host one last year amid strained India-US ties.
- Who
- India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Quad foreign ministers will attend; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host.
- What
- G20 and Quad foreign ministers’ meetings.
- When
- October 30–31, 2026.
- Where
- Atlanta, United States.
- Why
- The Quad foreign ministers will outline the agenda for a leaders’ summit in Manila next month.
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India hosted an earlier Quad meeting this year.
Jaishankar is due to attend G20 and Quad foreign ministers’ meetings in Atlanta, hosted by Marco Rubio.
The Quad leaders’ summit is expected to take place in Manila on the margins of ASEAN meetings.
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Dates
- October 30–31
- Indian minister
- S. Jaishankar
- US host
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Next leaders’ summit
- Manila, likely November 16