Tokyo [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid his respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the course of the state funeral at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
“A tribute to a great visionary and to his immense contribution in the elevation of the India-Japan partnership,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
Abe’s state funeral commenced earlier as we speak within the Japanese capital with the attendance of a number of world leaders.
With tight safety in place, a automotive carrying Abe’s cremated stays arrived on the venue from his household dwelling, for the first-of-its-kind ceremony for a former premier in a long time, Japan’s Kyodo News company reported.
There is controversy in Japan over the funeral, which is ready to price the taxpayer greater than USD 11 million, the report mentioned.
Today Abe’s widow Akie carried his ashes into the Nippon Budokan Hall within the Japanese capital metropolis the place 1000’s of mourners gathered.
Japan had imposed tight safety measures in Tokyo as representatives from tons of of nations, together with dozens of heads of state and heads of presidency participated within the state funeral.
Abe was shot regardless of the presence of police whereas he was giving a public deal with on July 8 within the metropolis of Nara throughout a marketing campaign speech.
Abe’s funeral is the second state funeral for a former prime minister since World War 2. The first one was held in 1967 for Shigeru Yoshida. Other deceased prime ministers acquired a joint Cabinet Office and Liberal Democratic Party service.
The state funeral ceremony is the primary main public occasion since new police safety tips had been applied, together with sniffer canines at prepare stations and police patrols at Tokyo-area airports after Abe’s assassination.
Prime Minister Modi met his Japanese counterpart PM Fumio Kishida previous to the state funeral for Abe whom he described because the champion of India-Japan ties and his pricey pal.
The Prime Minister conveyed his deepest condolences on the demise of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Prime Minister Modi famous the contributions of the late Japanese PM in strengthening the India-Japan partnership and conceptualizing the imaginative and prescient of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific area.
“The two leaders had a productive exchange of views on further deepening bilateral relations. They also discussed a number of regional and global issues,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned in a press release.
Both leaders renewed their dedication in direction of additional strengthening the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and dealing collectively within the area and different worldwide groupings. (ANI)