New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to go to Japan subsequent week to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
During his temporary go to, Prime Minister may also individually meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
“Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Japan on 27 September 2022 to attend the State Funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister will also separately meet Japanese Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida during the visit,” the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) stated in a press release.
The Japanese authorities has scheduled the state funeral for Abe on September 27. The ceremony will happen on the Nippon Budokan area within the Kitanomaru National Garden in Tokyo, in accordance with Japan’s Kyodo news company.
Japan is considered one of India’s key allies within the area, with each international locations cooperating within the Quad format of complete partnership alongside the United States and Australia. Modi and Abe maintained pleasant ties each throughout and after the latter’s tenure.
During considered one of PM Modi’s official visits to Japan in 2018, Abe invited his Indian counterpart to his household dwelling within the Yamanashi prefecture, a transfer signalling very hot ties between the 2 leaders.
Earlier in May, Modi met Abe almost two years after the Japanese PM stepped down, as a part of his go to to Japan to participate within the Quad summit.
Abe was attacked on July 8 within the metropolis of Nara throughout a marketing campaign speech.
Police stated he was aware instantly after being shot from behind, however then, throughout shifting, his situation turned vital, with cardiac and pulmonary arrest. Later that day, a neighborhood hospital pronounced him useless.
After the assassination of Abe, PM Modi declared at some point of nationwide mourning in India.
PM Modi additionally penned a weblog titled “My Friend, Abe San”. “In the passing away of Abe, Japan and the world have lost a great visionary. And, I have lost a dear friend,” he had stated.
Abe’s funeral on September 27 would be the second state funeral for a former prime minister since World War 2.
The first one was held in 1967 for Shigeru Yoshida. Other prime ministers acquired a joint Cabinet Office and Liberal Democratic Party service. (ANI)