New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The leaders of the four Quad member states are set to meet on the margins of the Asean Summit in the Philippines in November and the meeting is expected to lead to concrete deliverables, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.

HT had first reported on October 17 that the grouping comprising India, Australia, Japan and the US was exploring the possibility of arranging the Quad Leaders' Summit on the sidelines of the Asean meet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Manila during November 16-17 for Asean-related meetings.

The US hopes the Quad Summit will be held before the year-end, Rubio said in an interview with Network 18. "We're going to do it in Manila at the Asean conference. We don'...