New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G20 Summit and reaffirmed their dedication to spice up India-Japan cooperation in connectivity and commerce.
They additional agreed to strengthen people-to-people linkages.
Taking to his social media platform ‘X’, PM Modi tweeted, “Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @kishida230 met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further bolster India-Japan cooperation in key sectors like connectivity and commerce. They also agreed to boost people-to-people linkages.”Earlier within the day, PM Modi held a bilateral assembly with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G20 summit being hosted underneath India’s presidency this yr.
The assembly was held on the G20 summit venue, Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan.
Kishida arrived within the nationwide capital yesterday to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
At the G20 summit in India, Kishida plans to point out Japan’s stance of proactively contributing to numerous international points, based mostly 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,” in keeping with NHK.
The cooperation between India and Japan continues to deepen over time as the 2 nations share historic linkages with exchanges between the 2 international locations being traced to the sixth century when Buddhism was launched in Japan.
As each nations cope with the challenges supplied by an aggressive China within the Asian area, India’s political ties to Japan have grown considerably over the previous few many years.
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 international locations to work collectively for the realisation of a’Free and Open Indo-Pacific”.
Moreover, Japan is India’s Thirteenth-largest buying and selling accomplice, whereas India is Japan’s 18th-largest. With Japan’s personal sector funding in India steadily growing, it’s among the many prime 5 international traders in India.
This is the primary time that the G20 Summit is happening underneath India’s presidency. Formed in 1999, the G20 was set as much as keep international monetary stability by incorporating middle-income international locations.
A G20 Leaders’ declaration will probably be adopted on the conclusion of the G20 Summit, stating Leaders’ dedication in the direction of the priorities mentioned and agreed upon throughout the respective ministerial and dealing group conferences. The subsequent G20 presidency goes to be taken over by Brazil in 2024, adopted by South Africa in 2025. (ANI)