'We Want A Standalone Event': Marco Rubio Pledges Commitment To Quad Leaders' Summit

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• 'We Want A Standalone Event': Marco Rubio Pledges Commitment To Quad Leaders' Summit Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: May 23, 2026, 20:12 IST Marco Rubio says Washington wants a Quad Leaders Summit this year, prefers a standalone event but may hold it alongside a broader gathering due to election travel constraints US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Delhi.
• (Reuters) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington is looking forward to Quad Leaders’ Summit this year and he would like to do as a side event to a broader gathering.
• Speaking to CNN-News18, Rubio said, “We want to, and we have to, find an opportunity to do that.
• We would like to do it as a stand-alone event, and maybe as a side event to a broader gathering, with all the leaders going to be there." “In some countries there is an election, including ours, so travel would make it more difficult to hold a leaders’ Quad meeting," he said.
• “It would be perfect if we could do it as a stand-alone meeting, but we would like to bring them together because they will happen to be in the same place at the same time.