Quad leaders to meet in Manila next month, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Quad leaders will gather in Manila next month during the ASEAN conference, the group’s first summit in more than two years. The meeting is scheduled shortly before President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping are due to meet in Shenzhen.
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has announced that the Quad’s leaders plan to convene in Manila next month. Their gathering is set to take place alongside the ASEAN conference and would be the first Quad summit in over two years.
The timing places the Manila meeting shortly before a planned encounter between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.
The announced Manila gathering could affect how Asia-Pacific publics and officials read the pace of regional diplomacy, especially as it precedes a planned Trump-Xi meeting. Journalists, analysts, and business groups may watch for signals about coordination among the Quad countries, while ordinary citizens may see the summit mainly through media coverage of regional relations. With few details available, concrete societal effects remain uncertain; the near-term impact may be heightened public attention rather than immediate policy change.