The United States, Japan, Australia, and India hold 'Quad' summit in the Philippines for the first time in two years on the 17th.

Discussions are expected on issues such as energy, response to Chinese military power, and key mineral supply issues.

(Jakarta = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun-gyu Son = The leaders of four countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, are expected to hold the 'Quad' summit, an Indo-Pacific security consultative body, in the Philippines during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit next week for the first time in two years.

According to Reuters on the 14th (local time), the leaders of the four Quad countries, including the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, are scheduled to attend the Quad Summit held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on the 17th, the last day of the ASEAN Summit.

Philippine government sources said the meeting is expected to be held soon after U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Manila.

President Trump's private plane is scheduled to arrive in Manila around 5:30 pm on the 17th, just before the closing ceremony of the ASEAN Summit ends.

If the Quad summit is held on the 17th, it will be the first since President Trump returned to power last year, and it will be two years and two months since the summit held in Wilmington, Delaware, USA in September 2024.

At the time, the leaders of the four countries condemned North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and its subsequent provocations by launching ballistic missiles, reaffirmed the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and agreed to strengthen maritime security cooperation.

The Quad summit, which was originally scheduled to be held in India at the end of last year, was canceled due to conflict between the United States and India due to tariff issues.

Sources told foreign media that the main agenda of this Quad summit is expected to be dealing with energy issues, responses to China's expansion of military influence, and key mineral supply issues.

“The (Quad) leaders are likely to discuss the issue of free and unhindered commercial routes to secure energy from around the world,” a source told Reuters. “The issue of attacks against commercial shipping could also be discussed.”

Previously, the foreign ministers of the four Quad countries held a meeting in Atlanta, USA, where the G20 foreign ministers' meeting was held on the 31st of last month, and agreed to jointly respond to China's supply chain control in the key minerals sector.

Hong Kong media South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing sources, reported that the leaders of the four Quad countries are also planning to announce a technical and financial support plan worth $85 million (about 113 billion won) to build a reliable artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region.