"The World and Japan" Database (Project Leader: TANAKA Akihiko)
Database of Japanese Politics and International Relations
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), The University of Tokyo

[Title] Joint Press Release on Cooperation with ASEAN by the Quad Foreign Ministers

[Place]
[Date] July 22, 2026
[Source] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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[Full text]

As ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partners, we, the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India, and Japan, met today in Manila to reaffirm our commitment to strengthening a free and open Indo-Pacific and our unwavering support for ASEAN unity and centrality.

We are deeply invested in the region's success and in cooperating with ASEAN and its member states.

We discussed regional challenges and opportunities to strengthen our support for the practical implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) through our shared priorities of maritime and transnational security, economic prosperity and security, critical and emerging technologies, and humanitarian assistance and emergency response.

We are united in our conviction that peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific maritime domain underpin the security and prosperity of the region.