A stretch of awkward diplomacy is unfolding in the Indo-Pacific.
After India’s 2025 term as the Quad’s rotating chair ended without a leaders’ summit, New Delhi is planning to host a foreign ministers’ meeting that could be framed as a leaders-level discussion, even if the top leaders do not attend, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The move is seen as a way to ease India’s ruffled feathers on several counts.
“It’s akin to putting lipstick on a pig,” said Sourabh Gupta of the…
Quad summit plan turns uneasy as India pushes ahead without top leaders: sources
