Rubio Thanks India as Quad Launches New Maritime Cooperation Mission

The Quad Foreign Ministers announced major new Indo-Pacific initiatives aimed at strengthening regional security and cooperation. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled the launch of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Cooperation Initiative to improve maritime monitoring and information sharing among Quad nations. The group also expanded the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative, enabling near real-time maritime data sharing across the region. Rubio thanked India for hosting the next Quad at Sea Mission, while also announcing cooperation on port infrastructure development, signaling the Quad’s growing focus on practical security and strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific.