Tokyo [Japan], August 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks in Tokyo and issued a joint assertion specializing in strengthening safety cooperation and financial ties between the 2 international locations.
‘We have set a aim of funding of 10 Trillion Yen from Japan in India within the subsequent 10 years. Special emphasis will probably be laid on connecting India’s and Japan’s small and medium enterprises and startups,’ PM Modi mentioned within the joint press convention after bilateral talks.
The sectors of AI, semiconductors, setting and medication, mentioned the Prime Minister.
The two leaders later held talks as a part of the fifteenth India-Japan Annual Summit, following which each side exchanged agreements to additional strengthen their cooperation.
Apart from the joint assertion, which outlined the roadmap for the following 10 years, Prime Minister Modi and Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba exchanged two extra paperwork on Long-Term Vision Document on Bilateral Relations.
The Prime Minister mentioned that this heralds a brand new chapter within the India-Japan partnership.
‘Special emphasis will probably be laid on connecting India’s and Japan’s small and medium enterprises and startups. Even within the India-Japan Business Forum, I advised the Japanese firms, ‘Make in India, Make for the World’.’ PM Modi mentioned.
Prime Minister Modi mentioned that India and Japan, as the 2 largest economies and vibrant democracies, share a partnership that’s important not just for their nations but in addition for world peace and safety.
‘Our discussions at the moment had been productive in addition to purposeful. We agree that as the 2 largest economies of the world and residing democracies, our partnership is crucial not only for the 2 international locations but in addition for world peace and safety. Strong democracies are pure companions in shaping a greater world. Today, we’ve got laid the muse of a brand new and golden chapter in our particular strategic and world partnership. We have charted a roadmap for the following decade, with funding, innovation, financial safety, setting, know-how, well being, mobility, and people-to-people exchanges on the centre of our imaginative and prescient,’ PM Modi mentioned in a joint assertion.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in his handle welcomed PM Modi and his delegation, recalling the cultural and religious bonds between the 2 international locations. ‘I want to welcome Prime Minister Modi and his delegation. Our relationship dates again to the sixth century, when Buddhism was launched into Japan. We have an extended shared relationship culturally and spiritually, we’re capable of affect one another,’ he mentioned.
PM Modi, who’s on his first go to to Japan since May 2023, arrived in Japan this morning and acquired a Guard of Honour earlier at the moment.
The two international locations had upgraded their relationship to a Special Strategic Global Partnership 10 years in the past.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed from Delhi on Thursday for a two-day official go to to Japan, scheduled from August 29 to 30, to attend the fifteenth India-Japan Annual Summit.Following his Japan leg, the Prime Minister will head to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin. (ANI)