New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): India has been invited together with Australia, Cook Islands, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and others for the G7 Summit in Japan.
“India has been invited along with Australia, Cook Islands, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and others for the G7 Summit in Japan. India has huge potential and demand in terms of infrastructure development,” Japanese officers stated on Monday.
The Japanese officers stated: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed Sri Lanka debt issues and agreed to coordinate on it.”On being requested if the USD 75 billion pledged by Japan PM Kishida in Delhi is to counter China, the Japanese officers stated that: “No..it is a demonstration for free and open Indo-Pacific. Prime Minister has emphasized repeatedly that they have no country in check or vision to counter any country.”As per the officers, each nations consider in energetic defence exchanges. “India-Japan did joint exercises. Progress has been made in the defence security arena,” the officers stated.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida introduced over USD 75 billion value of infrastructure and safety help for the Indo-Pacific throughout a go to to India on Monday.
Kishida made the pledge in a speech at an occasion organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs suppose tank, after a one-on-one summit with Modi, through which he invited the Indian chief to attend the Group of Seven summits in Hiroshima in May, in response to Asia Nikkie.
PM Modi, his Japanese counterpart Kishida on Monday exchanged views on defence tools and know-how cooperation, commerce, well being, digital partnership and likewise had a fruitful dialogue on the significance of dependable provide chains in semiconductors and different essential applied sciences.
The two leaders had “excellent talks” throughout Kishida’s go to to New Delhi with PM Modi stating that strengthening bilateral partnership isn’t solely essential for each our nations, it additionally promotes peace, prosperity and stability within the Indo-Pacific area.
He stated that the 2 nations had final yr set a goal of Japanese funding of 5 trillion yen (Rs 3,20,000 crore) in India within the subsequent 5 years and it’s a matter of satisfaction that there was good progress on this course.
PM Kishida’s go to assumes significance as India is chairing the G20 and Japan is chairing the G7.
Following talks between the 2 leaders, there was an trade of notes between the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan of tranche-IV JICA ODA Loan of JPY 300 billion for Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR). (ANI)