New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi on Monday.
After paying tribute on the Mahatma Gandhi memorial, Kishida additionally signed the guests’ e book at Rajghat.
Kishida, who’s on a two-day official go to to India arrived early this morning was acquired and greeted by Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on the Palam airport within the nationwide capital.
This is Kishida’s second go to to India as Prime Minister.
Kishida will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and of their bilateral talks later within the day the 2 are set to debate priorities for India’s presidency of G20 and Japan’s presidency of the G7.
“I intend to engage in a thorough exchange of views with Prime Minister Modi on the question of what role Japan and India should play within the international community,” Kishida advised reporters forward of his departure from Japan.
The Japanese PM will make joint statements along with his Indian counterpart.
In addition, Prime Minister Kishida is scheduled to change views concerning the deepening of the “Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership” and efforts towards the conclusion of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific.””With regard to bilateral Japan-India relations, I want to confirm the further deepening of the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan,” Kishida mentioned.
The visiting Japanese PM can even ship a speech concerning the Indo-Pacific coverage at a suppose tank right here. PM Shinzo Abe initially mentioned Indo-Pacific cooperation on his journey to Delhi fifteen years in the past.
“I also intend to further strengthen the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan. In addition, during my stay in India, I will announce a new plan related to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP),” Kishida mentioned in a tweet.
“I will clearly lay out my thinking regarding the role that a Free and Open Indo-Pacific will play at this historic turning point,” Kishida mentioned addressing a press convention forward of his departure from Japan.
India is a member of the Quad, which incorporates Australia, Japan and the US, as per a report by Kyodo News. Kishida has been wanting to strengthen ties with such international locations to pave the best way for the success of the G7 in-person summit scheduled to be held in Hiroshima in May.
Kishida is anticipated to ask PM Narendra Modi to take part within the G7 in-person summit.
The Japanese prime minister’s go to in India is anticipated to final round 27 hours.
According to a press release made public on March 10 by the Ministry of External Affairs, the 2 leaders would discuss bilateral and regional issues of shared concern.
Arindam Bagchi, the official spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA), said that Japan is a “very significant partner” and emphasised that India seems to be ahead to exchanging views.
With each New Delhi and Tokyo presently holding the G20 and G7 Presidency, respectively, the go to of Kishida comes as an vital alternative to interact on a bilateral stage because the final Summit assembly between India and Japan passed off in March 2022.
Japan is a really shut associate of India and each international locations maintain an Annual Summit and a 22 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting.
New Delhi and Tokyo are additionally part of the Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue (QUAD), alongside Australia and the US. It is a strategic safety dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States that’s maintained by talks between member international locations. Working with regional mates who promote a free and open Indo-Pacific is a precedence for the Quad.
Furthermore, the Defence cooperation between the 2 nations has additionally emerged as one of many key areas of engagement.
In phrases of business and financial ties, the bilateral commerce between India and Japan stood at USD 20.75 billion final yr, which was the biggest ever.
Japan can be the fifth largest investor in India as a lot of Japanese firms are exploring alternatives in India in a number of sectors. (ANI)