New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held strategic talks with Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
In a light-hearted second, Jaishankar acknowledged a shared ardour for cricket between the each of them.
In a submit on X, he mentioned, ‘Delighted to welcome FM Toshimitsu Motegi of Japan to India. As we maintain the India-Japan strategic talks right this moment, much more happy to discover a fellow cricket fanatic in FM Toshimitsu Motegi. In the spirit of our shared ardour for the game, honoured to obtain a Japan nationwide cricket staff jersey. Also gifted him a bat signed by the Indian cricket staff.’
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Jaishankar famous with a smile that Toshimitsu was additionally a fan of cricket.
‘I have to say, despite the fact that I’ve identified you for thus lengthy, it was, for me, such a nice discovery to see your deep attachment to cricket. It was mirrored in your article right this moment,’ he mentioned.
Jaishankar then mentioned that he hoped to get pleasure from a cricket match with him in Japan sometime.
‘I had some sense from our earlier dialog, but it surely was news to me that you simply even have a correct enjoying area in your hometown, and I hope at some point that I’ll have the chance of becoming a member of you there. So as soon as once more, a really, very heat welcome,’ he mentioned.
Jaishankar underscored the significance of financial safety, calling it ‘paramount’ and stressing the necessity to de-risk each nationwide and international economies amid an unsure worldwide financial surroundings.
Speaking throughout his opening remarks on the 18th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Toshimitsu, Jaishankar mentioned India locations a really excessive precedence on its partnership with Japan, which has advanced over the previous 20 years right into a broad, complete and strategic relationship.
‘India attaches very nice precedence to its friendship with Japan. And during the last 20 years, we now have been profitable in reworking the connection from what was primarily an financial relationship into one that’s broad, complete, and strategic in its focus,’ Jaishankar mentioned, referring to cooperation in platforms such because the Quad, the United Nations, the G4 grouping and the G20. (ANI)