External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to meet his counterparts from the Quad countries in Manila on the margins of an ASEAN-related gathering. The meeting matters because Quad coordination is a recurring feature of India’s Indo-Pacific diplomacy and is often linked to regional security, maritime stability, and practical cooperation among the four partners.
The planned Manila meeting is part of a broader round of diplomatic engagement with Southeast Asia. The ASEAN setting is important because India continues to use ASEAN-centered platforms to combine bilateral outreach, regional cooperation, and wider strategic signalling in the Indo-Pacific.
What the meeting is expected to cover
Indo-Pacific strategy and regional alignmentRegional security and stabilityCoordination among the four Quad countries
The wider ASEAN meetings are expected to cover regional cooperation and strategic developments. For UPSC, the useful angle is not the visit itself but the way it reflects India’s use of multiple diplomatic platforms to manage security, connectivity, and partnership-building in Asia.
Background and earlier position
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