Top diplomats from the Quad — a security grouping of the United States, Japan, India and Australia — met in New Delhi, India, where they agreed to help the Pacific island nation of Fiji expand and modernize one of its ports, marking the group's first joint infrastructure project, AP reported on May 26. The Quad also launched a critical minerals framework, a regional Indo-Pacific energy security initiative focused on fuel and energy, and a maritime surveillance initiative.

The New Delhi meeting was the Quad's first ministerial-level gathering since July 2025 and came after India's planned 2025 leaders' summit fell through, raising doubts about the grouping's broader momentum. Meanwhile, China's maritime pressure, its use of critical minerals export controls, Pacific infrastructure competition and the Iran war's threat to fuel flows through the Strait of Hormuz pushed the four governments toward deliverables responding to those specific areas.