'No plan to expand Quad': White House

The US has said that there is no plan to add new members to the Quad at this point in time, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the group is young and the focus is on cementing the quad's many strengths. Jean-Pierre said, 'However, the Quad welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partners, such as through its Indo-Pacific partners on maritime domain awareness, which is delivering cutting edge maritime domain awareness technology around the region.' Quad members are scheduled to meet in Australia on June 24.