Tokyo [Japan], December 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Friday remembered former Indian PM Manmohan Singh for “his endeavours which built the foundation” for the event of bilateral relations between the 2 nations.
Manmohan Singh handed away at AIIMS, Delhi, on Thursday night on the age of 92 because of age-related medical circumstances. He had suffered a sudden lack of consciousness at house and was subsequently rushed to AIIMS.
“Following the passing of H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, on December 26, PM ISHIBA and FM IWAYA respectively sent letters of condolences to H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, and H.E. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, expressing sincere condolences and paying tribute to Dr. Singh for his endeavours which built the foundation for the development of Japan-India relations of today,” the Japanese Foreign Ministry mentioned on X.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Japan again in December 2006 and elevated the Japan-India relationship to the “Global and Strategic Partnership” from the “Global Partnership between Japan and India” that was established by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee after which Japanese PM Yoshiro Mori again in August 2000.
Meanwhile, condolences continued to pour in from world leaders after Singh’s demise at AIIMS in Delhi on Thursday evening.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel have additionally condoled the previous PM’s demise.
Macron mentioned that India has misplaced a “great man” and France a “true friend” and supplied condolences to Singh’s household and the folks of India.
In a submit shared on X, Macron acknowledged, “India has lost a great man, and France a true friend, in the person of Dr. Manmohan Singh. He had devoted his life to his country. Our thoughts are with his family and the people of India.”Ramchandra Paudel known as former PM Manmohan Singh a “visionary leader” of India and prolonged sympathies to the federal government and folks of India and the bereaved members of the family.
“We are profoundly saddened by the passing away of former Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh. Dr. Singh was a visionary leader of India.I extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the government and people of India as well as the bereaved family members,” Paudel posted on X.
Born on September 26, 1932, Manmohan Singh was not solely an economist but in addition served because the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. He was the thirteenth Prime Minister of India, serving from 2004 to 2014. (ANI)