External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday reaffirmed India's commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific" with ASEAN at its core, as the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping met in Manila to review regional developments and deepen cooperation on security, economic resilience and emerging technologies.
The meeting, attended by Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, came on the sidelines of ASEAN-related ministerial meetings in the Philippine capital.
