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The Quad foreign ministers will meet on the sidelines of the G20 gathering, marking their third meeting this year after talks in New Delhi and Manila.
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor arrived in Atlanta on Friday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Announcing his arrival in a post on X, Gor said he was travelling with Rubio and described the upcoming G20 discussions as an opportunity for productive engagement.
”Just landed in Atlanta with @SecRubio! Productive G20 meetings ahead, especially a Quad Ministerial with our partners Japan, India and Australia! This will be the 3rd meeting of the year, after New Delhi and Manila.”
Rubio is hosting the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on October 30 and 31, the US Department of State said. The two-day gathering will bring together foreign ministers from the world’s leading economies to discuss cooperation on shared economic and security challenges.
According to the official release, the discussions will focus heavily on mitigating disruptions to supply chains, addressing threats to freedom of navigation, and ensuring energy and food security.
Underscoring that global security and economic prosperity are ”inextricably linked,” the State Department stated that these high-level deliberations will set the stage for President Donald Trump’s upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit and help shape the broader economic agenda to be taken up by world leaders.
”Throughout the ministerial, the United States will work with G20 partners to address geopolitical crises contributing to global economic shocks, including threats to freedom of navigation, energy and food security, and supply chains. Global security and economic prosperity are inextricably linked, and these discussions will set the stage for President Trump’s G20 Leaders’ Summit and the broader economic agenda that leaders will tackle,” the statement reads.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will undertake a visit to the US and the Caribbean to attend the meetings.
He outlined the minister’s upcoming itinerary, confirming his attendance at international summits in both Atlanta and St. John’s.
”The External Affairs Minister will be attending the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Atlanta, United States, from 30th to 31st October, 2026,” Jaiswal stated. ”On the sidelines of this meeting, he will also participate in a Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and also have several bilateral engagements with his counterparts.”
After concluding his engagements in the US, Jaishankar will travel to St John’s in Antigua and Barbuda to lead the Indian delegation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), scheduled from November 1 to 4.
Jaiswal said the theme of this year’s Commonwealth summit is “accelerating partnerships and investment for a prosperous Commonwealth”. He added that India looks forward to participating in the meeting.
The G20 brings together 19 countries and two regional organisations, the European Union and the African Union. Its members account for around 85 per cent of global gross domestic product, more than 75 per cent of international trade and approximately two-thirds of the world’s population.
The grouping does not have a permanent secretariat, with its presidency rotating annually among members.
With inputs from agencies
