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,
00:30and 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,
02:14and a power that is so important in 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 that Minister Jashankar made
02:44at one of our earlier Quads in Washington, I think.
02:49And you spoke about choices,
02:52and about doing what we can together
02:55to ensure that the Indo-Pacific and the countries within it
02:59have the freedom of choice on their security
03:03and on searching 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 our engagement in the Quad.
03:18It's why this partnership and this meeting matters so much to Australia.
03:24And it matters to us, it matters to the region,
03:27and therefore it matters to the world.
03:29I think we all understand.
03:31We meet today with a region that is under pressure,
03:36accelerating contest, a deteriorating strategic environment
03:40and acute economic stress.
03:42We are four sovereign nations.
03:45We have our own histories, our own interests,
03:48but there is great alignment between our interests.
03:53And we all share a vision for the Indo-Pacific,
03:56a region that is free and open,
03:59a region that is peaceful, stable and prosperous.
04:02And we each bring our unique perspective, experiences and strengths
04:06together as we work to achieve such a region.
04:10As the Quad, we've delivered concrete results
04:13when we've responded to natural disasters,
04:16when we've mobilised to support communities
04:18affected by things like the earthquake in Myanmar
04:22or the landslide in Papua New Guinea.
04:24We've also cooperated on critical infrastructure,
04:27undersea cables.
04:29We've cooperated on maritime security
04:31and we've cooperated on critical minerals.
04:35We all want the Quad to be as strong
04:38and as effective as we can make it be,
04:41focused on delivering.
04:43And we are determined to continue its momentum.
04:48This is the future we want for our region,
04:50peaceful, stable, prosperous region.
04:52And today we continue the work to build that.
04:55Thank you, Jay.
04:57May I now request Japan, Mr. Motiki.
05:01Thank you, Jay.
05:03I'll speak in Japanese.
05:06I am happy to...
05:12to hold for the Quad Foreign Minister's meeting today.
05:15All right.
05:21So, today I am delighted to hold
05:25this Quad Foreign Minister's meeting.
05:28I would like to thank Jay for kindly hosting the meeting.
05:32Back in 2019, September,
05:35when I was a foreign minister last time,
05:37the inaugural Quad Foreign Minister's meeting was held.
05:41So, I'll have special fondness for the Quad at the meeting.
05:45This is the 11th meeting
05:47for the Quad Foreign Ministerial.
05:49And this meeting signifies
05:51unshaken, firm message to the world
05:54that Quad will strongly promote
05:56practical cooperation
05:58to realize free and open
06:00Indo-Pacific.
06:01It has been just 10 years since the FOIP has been advocated
06:08and there has been a structural changes
06:13happening in the international border
06:14in order to respond to those changes of the time.
06:18Prime Minister Makaichi has stated
06:20that the FOIP will be updated.
06:22The main point of the update is that
06:25the Indo-Pacific nations
06:27should strengthen the resilience
06:29and the necessary capacity
06:31to determine their own future,
06:33including the economic security.
06:36Today, I hope to have frank discussion,
06:41including this perspective,
06:43to accelerate the Quad, the collaboration.
06:48Thank you, Toshi.
06:50Would I request?
06:55I just want to thank
06:57Minister Jay Shankar
06:58and the Indian government
06:59for hosting us,
07:00not just me personally.
07:02Over the last three days,
07:03not just,
07:04I 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 this important
07:11gathering here again today.
07:12I want to thank Toshi and Penny
07:14as well for joining us,
07:16your willingness to come over here
07:17and do this,
07:18and it comes at an important time.
07:22It was our goal,
07:23as I began as Secretary of State,
07:25and has been pointed out earlier,
07:27my first meeting
07:27as the Secretary of State
07:29was the Quad,
07:30literally,
07:30within minutes of being sworn in,
07:32and I thought that demonstrated
07:35our commitment to this process.
07:37But our goal, collectively,
07:38over the last year,
07:39has been to turn this
07:40from a forum
07:41in which we meet
07:42and talk about problems
07:43to one where we actually
07:44do something about it.
07:45And I think we can report
07:46to our peoples, respectively,
07:49that we are beginning
07:50to do that pretty 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 that 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 of common interest,
08:22but also,
08:23and not 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 significant
08:36problems facing the world,
08:37whether it's
08:37a humanitarian response,
08:39whether it's
08:40the security of energy,
08:41whether it's
08:42the freedom of navigation,
08:43whether it's the need
08:44to diversify our supplies
08:46of not just energy
08:47but critical minerals
08:48and supply chains.
08:49These are areas
08:50where all four of our countries,
08:52collectively and individually,
08:54can bring tremendous assets
08:55to bear
08:56in terms of solving
08:56these problems.
08:57So thank you for hosting us,
08:59and I know we're going
09:00to continue to 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 constantly.
09:07We have people
09:08at the State Department
09:09that are specifically assigned
09:10to this relationship
09:11and to this forum
09:12and turning it into action.
09:14And today we'll just continue
09:16to build upon the momentum
09:17that already exists
09:18and hopefully begin
09:19to increasingly show
09:21to the people
09:21of our respective countries
09:23the momentum
09:24that's behind
09:26this strategic,
09:28this gathering
09:28of strategic allies.
09:29So thank you.
09:31Thank you very much.
09:32So we will now give
09:34the press time
09:35to relocate
09:35and resume our discussions.
09:39Thank you very much.
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