New Delhi, May 26 -- The 11th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in the national capital on Tuesday culminated in landmark pacts to scale up maritime surveillance, fortify submarine cable infrastructure, and build resilient supply networks for critical minerals across the Indo-Pacific.

The high-powered deliberations, hosted at the historic Hyderabad House in New Delhi by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, brought together US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to steer the alliance's strategic roadmap.

Director General for Press and Public Diplomacy at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Kitamura Toshihiro, noted that the ministerial talks yielded key policy...