New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Japan and China from August 29 to September 1, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned.
At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, Modi will journey to Japan from August 29-30 to take part within the fifteenth India-Japan Annual Summit. This might be Modi’s eighth go to to Japan and his first summit with Ishiba, the MEA added.
During the go to, the 2 leaders will evaluation the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan, overlaying defence and safety, commerce and financial system, know-how and innovation, and people-to-people exchanges. They can even focus on problems with regional and world significance. The go to is anticipated to reaffirm the longstanding bond of friendship between the 2 nations, the MEA mentioned.
In the second leg of his go to, on the invitation of China’s President Xi Jinping, Modi will journey to China from August 31 to September 1 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. On the sidelines of the Summit, the Prime Minister is anticipated to carry bilateral conferences with a number of leaders attending the Summit.
India has been a member of the SCO since 2017 and held the presidency of the Council of Heads of State of the organisation throughout 2022-23, the MEA famous.
In a continuation of ongoing engagement, earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and handed over a message and an invite from President Xi Jinping for the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid an official go to to India from August 18 to 19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi acquired Wang Yi, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party and Foreign Minister of China.
‘Mr. Wang Yi handed over a message and an invite from President Xi to the Prime Minister for the SCO Summit being held in Tianjin. He additionally shared his optimistic evaluation of the bilateral assembly with EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar and the twenty fourth Meeting of the Special Representatives, which he co-chaired with NSA Ajit Doval throughout his go to,’ Prime Minister Office said in a launch.
Prime Minister emphasised the significance of sustaining peace and tranquillity on the border, and reiterated India’s dedication to a good, cheap and mutually acceptable decision of the boundary query.
Prime Minister thanked President Xi for the invitation to the SCO Summit and conveyed his acceptance.
He expressed help for China’s Presidency of the SCO Summit and mentioned that he regarded ahead to assembly President Xi in Tianjin. PM underlined that secure, predictable, and constructive ties between India and China will contribute considerably to regional and world peace and prosperity, an official assertion issued by PMO learn. (ANI)