New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a five-day go to to Mongolia and Japan on Monday to boost the strategic partnership and defence cooperation with the East Asian nations, the Ministry of Defence stated in an announcement on Sunday.
Taking to Twitter, Rajnath Singh stated, “Looking forward to visiting Mongolia and Japan from 5th September to 9th September to engage with our alliespartners. I shall be attending the 22 Ministerial Level Dialogue in Tokyo.””India seeks to strengthen defence cooperation and advance regional securitystability,” he added.
According to the Defence Ministry, Rajnath Singh will go to to Mongolia from September, 5-7, 2022.
The upcoming go to is the first-ever go to by an Indian Defence Minister to Mongolia and can additional consolidate the defence cooperation and strategic partnership between the 2 nations, the official assertion from the Ministry acknowledged.
During his keep in Mongolia, Rajnath Singh will maintain bilateral talks with Mongolia’s Minister of Defence, Gursediin Saikhanbayar.
During bilateral talks, the 2 Defence Ministers shall evaluate the bilateral defence cooperation between India and Mongolia,and discover new initiatives to additional strengthen bilateral engagements. The two leaders may even trade views on regional and international problems with shared curiosity.
Rajnath Singh may even name upon the President of Mongolia, U. Khurelsukh and Chairman of the State Great Khural of Mongolia, G Zandanshatar.
India and Mongolia share a strategic partnership and defence is a key pillar of this partnership. The two democracies have a typical curiosity in fostering peace and prosperity in the whole area.
The bilateral defence engagements with Mongolia have been increasing over a time frame to incorporate wide-ranging contacts between the 2 nations, together with Joint Working Group conferences, military-to-military exchanges, high-level visits, capability constructing and coaching programmes and bilateral workout routines.
Upon reaching Japan, the Defence Minister will attend the 22 Ministerial Level Dialogue within the capital metropolis of Tokyo.
Recently, within the weekly presser, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi stated, “The 22 with Japan is something that we are looking at.”Highlighting 22 talks as a mirrored image of shut coordination and collaboration with each the Quad companions in addition to bilateral companions, Bagchi described the assembly with Japan as a vital one because it is among the few nations with which India conducts a 22 ministerial dialogue.
Earlier, Bagchi termed the India-Japan 22 ministerial assembly as a possibility to evaluate safety cooperation between the 2 nations.
India-Japan 22 would be the second such assembly between the 2 nations because the inaugural assembly of the India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (22) was held on November 30, 2019, in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met the then Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan, Motegi Toshimitsu after which Defense Minister of Japan Kono Taro, on November 30, 2019, in New Delhi for the primary India-Japan 22 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting.
The ministers had affirmed that this dialogue will additional improve the strategic depth of bilateral safety and defence cooperation. Acknowledging rising safety challenges, the ministers reiterated their dedication to advancing bilateral safety cooperation primarily based on the 2008 Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation and the 2009 Action Plan to advance Security Cooperation. (ANI)