00:00We will be discussing and deciding our shared activities.
00:05Obviously, that will take into account the many challenges and opportunities in the world.
00:12Our focus will clearly be on the Indo-Pacific, which is the specific limit of the Quad.
00:18At the global level, we have to address issues like supply chain resilience,
00:24connectivity choke points, manufacturing and resource concentrations,
00:31and gaps in critical infrastructure.
00:34Each one of them offers a new argument for more partnerships,
00:41stronger growth, and realizing the promise of technologies.
00:46The Indo-Pacific has, in addition, its own particular concerns.
00:51This will require enhancing strategic confidence, ensuring maritime security,
00:58promoting economic choices, and fostering a deeper collaborative ethos.
01:04And that is best done by promoting trusted and transparent partnerships.
01:10Over the past several months, our officials have advanced collaboration across key Quad priorities,
01:17including maritime security, critical technologies, economic resilience, and HADR.
01:25We have seen encouraging progress on many initiatives.
01:30As maritime democracies, pluralistic societies, and market economies,
01:36we share a responsibility towards a free and open Indo-Pacific.
01:41The region must remain a driver of global growth and stability.
01:46We will be underlining that today, through our deliberations,
01:51which I'm confident will be useful and productive.
01:55I thank you all for being here,
01:57and I would request you to make your opening remarks,
02:01starting with Australia.
02:03So, over to you, Penny.
02:04Thank you very much, Minister Jashankar,
02:06and can I thank you for hosting us here in Delhi,
02:09for bringing us together.
02:12We meet in the world's largest democracy and a power that is so important
02:16in the shaping of the Indo-Pacific and the world.
02:19And to Secretary Rubio,
02:20can I acknowledge that since you have been in office,
02:24the leadership that you have shown on the Quad,
02:26I think our very first meeting after you were sworn in,
02:29we appreciate it.
02:31And Minister Martegui has been there from the very beginning,
02:34so he's one of the original Quad ministers,
02:36so thank you for your leadership as well.
02:39I wanted to start by reflecting on a point
02:42that Minister Jashankar made at one of our earlier Quads
02:47in Washington, I think,
02:49and you spoke about choices
02:51and about doing what we can together
02:55to ensure that the Indo-Pacific
02:58and the countries within it have the freedom of choice
03:01on their security
03:03and on asserting their sovereign interests,
03:06the freedom of choice on their development
03:08and on the future of the region we all share.
03:13And that is central to how Australia approaches
03:16our engagement in the Quad.
03:18It's why this partnership and this meeting
03:21matters so much to Australia.
03:24And it matters to us,
03:26it matters to the region
03:27and therefore it matters to the world.
03:29I think we all understand
03:31we meet today
03:32with a region that is under pressure,
03:36accelerating contest,
03:38a deteriorating strategic environment
03:40and acute economic stress.
03:42We are four sovereign nations.
03:45We have our own histories,
03:47our own interests,
03:48but there is great alignment
03:51between our interests.
03:53And we all share a vision
03:54for the Indo-Pacific,
03:56a region that is free and open,
03:59a region that is peaceful,
04:01stable and prosperous.
04:02And we each bring our unique perspective,
04:05experiences and strengths together
04:07as we work to achieve such a region.
04:10As the Quad,
04:11we've delivered concrete results
04:13when we've responded to natural disasters,
04:16when we've mobilised
04:17to support communities
04:18affected by things like
04:20the earthquake in Myanmar
04:22or the landslide in Papua New Guinea.
04:24We've also cooperated
04:25on critical infrastructure,
04:27undersea cables.
04:29We've cooperated on maritime security
04:31and we've cooperated
04:32on critical minerals.
04:35We all want the Quad to be
04:37as strong and as effective
04:39as we can make it be,
04:41focused on delivering.
04:43And we are determined
04:44to continue its momentum.
04:48This is the future we want
04:49for our region,
04:50peaceful, stable,
04:51prosperous region.
04:52And today we continue
04:53the work to build that.
04:55Thank you, Jay.
04:57May I now request
04:59to Japan,
05:00Minister Motegi.
05:01Thank you, Jay.
05:03I'll speak in Japanese.
05:10I am happy that you hold
05:13for the Quad Foreign Minister's
05:14meeting today.
05:18I'll wait.
05:21So, today I am delighted
05:24that you hold
05:25at this Quad Foreign Minister's
05:27I would like to thank
05:29Jay for kindly hosting
05:30the meeting.
05:32Back in 2019 of September
05:35when I was a foreign minister
05:36last time,
05:38the inaugural
05:38Quad Foreign Minister's
05:40meeting was held.
05:41So, I have special fondness
05:43for the Quad at the meeting.
05:45This is the 11th meeting
05:47of the Quad Foreign Ministerial.
05:49And this meeting
05:50signifies unshaken,
05:52firm message to the world
05:55that Quad will strongly promote
05:56practical cooperation
05:58to realize
05:59free and open
06:00and Indo-Pacific.
06:01It has been just
06:0310 years
06:03since the FOIP
06:05has been advocated
06:08and there has not been
06:09a structural change
06:13that's happening
06:13in the international border
06:14in order to respond
06:16to those changes
06:17of the time.
06:18Prime Minister Makaichi
06:19has stated
06:20that FOIP
06:21will be updated.
06:22The main point
06:24of the update
06:25is that the Indo-Pacific nations
06:27should strengthen
06:28resilience
06:29and necessary capacity
06:31to determine
06:32their own future
06:33including
06:34the economic security
06:35of the opposition.
06:38So today,
06:38I hope to have
06:39frank discussion
06:41including
06:42this perspective
06:43to accelerate
06:43the Quad
06:44collaboration.
06:48Thank you, Toshi.
06:50Would I request
06:51a lot?
06:55I want to thank
06:57Minister Jay Shankar
06:58and the Indian government
06:59for hosting us
07:00not just me personally
07:01over the last three days
07:03not just
07:03I want to thank
07:04Minister Jay Shankar
07:05and the Indian government
07:06for hosting us here
07:07not just in the bilateral visit
07:09over the last three days
07:10but for hosting
07:11this important gathering
07:12here again today
07:12I want to thank
07:13Toshi and Penny
07:14as well for joining us
07:15your willingness
07:16to come over here
07:17and do this
07:17and it comes
07:20at an important time.
07:22It was our goal
07:23as I began
07:24as Secretary of State
07:25and has been pointed out
07:26earlier
07:27my first meeting
07:27as Secretary of State
07:29was the Quad
07:29literally
07:30within minutes
07:31of being sworn in
07:32and I thought
07:35that demonstrated
07:35our commitment
07:36to this process
07:37but our goal
07:38collectively
07:38over the last year
07:39has been to turn this
07:40from a forum
07:41in which we meet
07:42and talk about
07:42problems
07:43to one where we actually
07:44do something about it
07:45and I think we can report
07:46to our peoples
07:48respectively
07:49that we are beginning
07:50to do that
07:51pretty aggressively
07:52and pretty impressively
07:53on the areas of cooperation
07:55and it's also interesting
07:56that on the areas
07:57that we are working together on
07:58have become even more relevant
08:00and more important
08:01because of recent events
08:02around the world
08:03and so today
08:05I think we'll make
08:05even further progress
08:06on operationalizing
08:08our relationship
08:08on the areas
08:09that we can cooperate on
08:11and by the way
08:12the most interesting thing
08:12about the Quad
08:13is not simply
08:14that we are
08:14it is a gathering
08:15of four strategic allies
08:17in which we come together
08:18to sort of compare notes
08:20about areas
08:21of common interest
08:22but also
08:23and it's
08:24not only is it increasingly
08:25becoming a forum
08:26by which we begin
08:26to take action
08:27but each of these four nations
08:29represented here today
08:30bring unique capabilities
08:32that collectively
08:33we can bring to bear
08:34on some of the most
08:35significant problems
08:36facing the world
08:37whether it's
08:38a humanitarian response
08:39whether it's
08:40the security of energy
08:41whether it's
08:42the freedom of navigation
08:43whether it's
08:44the need
08:44to diversify
08:45our supplies
08:46of not just energy
08:47but critical minerals
08:48and supply chains
08:49these are areas
08:50where all four
08:51of our countries
08:51collectively
08:52and individually
08:53can bring tremendous
08:55assets to bear
08:56in terms of solving
08:56these problems
08:57so thank you
08:58for hosting us
08:59and I know
09:00we're going to continue
09:01to not just meet
09:01but take action
09:02because a lot of work
09:03happens after our meetings
09:04our staffs go back
09:05they coordinate year round
09:06constantly
09:07we have people
09:08at the State Department
09:09that are specifically
09:09assigned to this relationship
09:11and to this forum
09:12and to turning it
09:13into action
09:14and today we'll just
09:15continue to build
09:16upon the momentum
09:17that already exists
09:18and hopefully begin
09:20to increasingly show
09:21to the people
09:21of our respective countries
09:23the momentum
09:24that's behind
09:26this strategic
09:27this gathering
09:28of strategic allies
09:29so thank you
09:31thank you very much
09:32so we will now
09:33give the press time
09:35to relocate
09:35and resume
09:38on discussions
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