India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Takehiiware and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are standing together at the start of the Indo-Pacific Sixth-sided Conference at Washington’s State Department on July 1, 2025. Kevin Lamarck/Reuters
The Foreign Minister of Quad Alliance agreed on July 1 to cooperate in securing and diversifying key mineral supply chains in his efforts to tackle challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
The bloc of four countries, including the US, Australia, Japan and India, announced the launch of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative following a meeting in Washington.
