Marco Rubio visit likely in October, Quad summit on G20 margins in US being explored

Marco Rubio visit probable in October, Quad summit on G20 margins in US being explored The Quad summit – the grouping comprises the US, India, Japan and Australia – is anticipated to take place on the sidelines of the summit of G20.

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• 4 min read New Delhi Updated: Sep 5, 2026 05: 05 AM IST.
• Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri hosted a session of Quad Sherpas in New Delhi Thursday.
• Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 27 years now.
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• "Proud to take up the mantle of Quad Sherpa and to help turn that vision into action, " he remarked.

4 min read New Delhi Updated: Sep 5, 2026 05: 05 AM IST. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (AP).

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is projected to visit India in October, and office-holders are preparing for a feasible summit of Quad leaders in December in the US, The Indian Express has learnt.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri hosted a session of Quad Sherpas in New Delhi Thursday. It was attended by Sergio Gor, Special Envoy to South and Central Asia and Ambassador of US to India; Elly Lawson, Deputy Secretary, Strategic Planning and Coordination Group, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia; and, Hiroyuki Namazu, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs and US State Department remarked, "The Quad Sherpas' Meeting follows the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in New Delhi on 26th May 2026 and was convened to take forward its outcomes and to prepare for the next Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting."

It remarked the Sherpas reviewed progress throughout ongoing Quad initiatives and discussed ways to further strengthen practical cooperation, with a shared commitment to advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.

"Discussions covered key areas of Quad cooperation, including maritime and transnational security; economic prosperity and security; critical and emerging technologies; and humanitarian assistance and emergency response. The Sherpas additionally exchanged views on developments in the Indo-Pacific and the broader regional and global context, " it stated.

In practice, the Quad Sherpas, the statement remarked, reaffirmed the importance of focusing on concrete, action-oriented initiatives. They looked forward to continued consultations in the lead-up to the next Quad Foreign Ministers' Session, it stated.

Ambassador Gor, in a post on X, remarked, "The Quad is moving forward with clear purpose." He stated that he joined other Quad Sherpas to set an action plan for concrete deliverables – advancing President Trump and Secretary Rubio's commitment to a solid, results-oriented Quad.

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India was supposed to host the Quad summit last year, but its ties with the US were strained after Trump's claims of mediation between India and Pakistan post Operation Sindoor and Washington's decision to impose heavy tariffs on Delhi. The two countries are at present firming up a bilateral trade agreement.

While efforts are being created by both India and the US to repair ties – Rubio visited India in May this year for the gathering of Quad Foreign Ministers – it looks unlikely that the US President will be travelling to India this year.

Rubio's next India visit will be an attempt to schedule a Quad summit in the US since Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to attend the G20 summit. © The Indian Express Pvt Ltd.

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 27 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting and writing explainers and analysis on foreign affairs for regarding 19 years now. Based in Delhi, he has additionally led the National administration and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi – a team of reporters who cover the national administration and politics for the newspaper. He has obtained the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism '2016. He obtained this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He won the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award, 2023, for the second time for his reporting of the Oct 7 attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza. He additionally secured the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury's special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 – he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban's capture of power in mid-August, 2021.

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