Australian FM Penny Wong to Visit India for Quad FMM
Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, declared her upcoming visit to India for the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting and to engage in the Australia-India Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue.
Wong's Office also stated that cooperation between Australia and India is intensifying.
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Wong said, "In these uncertain times, the Quad is a vital partnership - four nations working together to shape a peaceful, stable and prosperous future for the Indo-Pacific region”.
“Together, Australia, India, Japan and the US are delivering concrete outcomes on shared interests, including maritime security, critical minerals supply, infrastructure development and disaster relief”.
She adds, "While in India, I will hold the 17th Australia-India Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue with my counterpart, Minister for External Affairs Dr S. Jaishankar. Australia and India's partnership has never been more consequential." Wong's Office further said that Australia and India are deepening cooperation.
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At the request of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit New Delhi for the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting on 26 May 2026.
"As Comprehensive Strategic Partners, Australia and India are deepening cooperation in trade and investment, defence and maritime security, climate and energy transition, strategic technology, and education and skills, with an enduring social connection at the heart of our partnership”.
“The Albanese Government will continue to strengthen Australia's relationships and work even harder in new and existing coalitions like the Quad as we keep building Australia's future in an ever less stable world," it says.
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To align with the Quad objective for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, the Ministers will expand upon talks conducted in Washington, DC on 1 July 2025.
They will discuss enhancing Quad collaboration in key areas, assess the status of current Quad projects, and contemplate recent events in the Indo-Pacific and other shared global matters.