Australia, India, Japan and the United States will work together on enforcing maritime law in the Indian Ocean, regional cyber security, disaster response and tackling misinformation and foreign interference.
Without directly referencing China, foreign ministers from the Quad nations agreed to collaborate on enforcing international rules and norms with veiled warnings toward Beijing during remarks after their meeting.
"Conflict is risking lives and is costing lives, extreme weather threatens food and water security and long standing rules are being bent and twisted or broken," Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Monday.
