Quad foreign ministerial meeting slated for late Sept.

Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Foreign ministers pose for a photo before the Quad meeting in Melbourne, Australia, in February. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Foreign ministers from the Quad, a framework for cooperation among Japan, Australia, India and the United States, plan to hold the fifth meeting of the group in late September, it has been learned.

The meeting is expected to be held in conjunction with the upcoming U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. The most recent Quad meeting of foreign ministers was held in Australia in February.