New Delhi, May 26 -- Highlighting a unified stance among Quad partners on maintaining global maritime stability, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday stated that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio updated members on the progress of crucial diplomatic negotiations with Iran over the volatile Strait of Hormuz.

Addressing reporters in the national capital after deliberations of the foreign ministers of the four members of the Quadrilateral grouping of countries, Wong underlined the strategic necessity of keeping the vital trade chokepoint secure, pointing to a shared consensus within the four-nation grouping to avert a wider economic fallout.

Responding to a question from ANI regarding the escalating situation in the Strait of ...