New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida landed in India on Friday to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit scheduled to be held within the nationwide capital.
At the airport, Kishida was acquired by the Minister of State within the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
At the G20 summit in India, Kishida plans to point out Japan’s stance of proactively contributing to numerous world points, primarily based on the outcomes of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May, Japanese media reported.
“The agenda in India will include global food security, which has been affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as development, digital transformation and other international issues,” based on NHK.
Earlier this 12 months, PM Modi met his Japanese counterpart in Hiroshima, the place he attended the G7 Summit.
During the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Modi spoke with companion nations on topics corresponding to peace, stability and prosperity of a sustainable planet; meals, fertiliser and power safety; well being; gender equality; local weather change and setting; resilient infrastructure; and improvement cooperation.
The cooperation between India and Japan continues to deepen over time as the 2 nations share historic linkages with exchanges between the 2 nations being traced to the sixth century when Buddhism was launched in Japan.
As each nations cope with the challenges offered by an aggressive China within the Asian area, India’s political ties to Japan have grown considerably over the previous few a long time.
The dedication of India and Japan to a free and open Indo-Pacific, boosting financial cooperation, and inspiring people-to-people interactions is highlighted by their most up-to-date strategic dialogue.
In the lead-up to each the G20 and G7 summits, the go to of Japanese PM Kishida to India in March bolstered additional dedication between the 2 nations to work collectively for the realisation of a’Free and Open Indo-Pacific”.
India and Japan have already developed varied frameworks of safety partnership together with a’22’ Dialogue involving Foreign and Defence ministers. The two nations recurrently take part in joint army workout routines such because the Malabar Exercise and have varied partnership agreements starting from defence tools commerce to army logistics.
Japan is India’s Thirteenth-largest buying and selling companion, whereas India is Japan’s 18th-largest. With Japan’s non-public sector funding in India steadily rising, it’s among the many high 5 international buyers in India.
India and Japan’s joint efforts to foster a free, open, and affluent Indo-Pacific area exhibit the energy and potential of their ever-strengthening relationship. (ANI)