US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said efforts are underway to hold a Quad leaders' meeting later this year on the sidelines of a global gathering in the Indo-Pacific region. He described the Quad as an important alliance for regional security and cooperation

The foreign ministers reiterated the importance of ensuring unimpeded freedom of navigation and uninterrupted flow of global commerce, including in the Strait of Hormuz, and opposed any restrictive measures hampering the flow of commercial vessels