NEW DELHI, May 26 -- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday chaired the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, where member nations agreed on several initiatives related to maritime surveillance, critical minerals, energy security and Indo-Pacific cooperation.

The meeting was attended by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Quad nations agreed on the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Initiative and a Common Operating Picture in the maritime domain. They also finalised the Quad Critical Minerals Framework and signed the India-US Critical Minerals Framework.

In a social media post, Jaishankar said the Quad would consider setting ...