Overview
- U.S. Ambassador David Perdue shared a group photo and called the Quad a "force for good" committed to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.
- Taiwan’s defence ministry reported detecting 130 PLA aircraft, 14 PLAN vessels and 8 official ships, with 90 aircraft crossing the median line.
- China’s state media said the exercises, dubbed "Justice Mission 2025," integrated air, naval, ground, missile and other units in live-fire operations.
- Taiwan condemned the drills as destabilising and said its forces were conducting rapid response measures under defined rules of engagement.
- The meeting, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and including India’s envoy Pradeep Kumar Rawat, drew China’s customary warning against bloc politics, and India’s embassy had not commented.