Tokyo [Japan], September 7 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached Tokyo on Wednesday to take part within the second India-Japan 22 ministerial dialogue.
Singh can even maintain a bilateral assembly together with his Japanese counterpart.
“Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh reached Tokyo this evening. He will participate in the 2nd India-Japan 22 Ministerial Dialogue tomorrow and hold a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart,” the Defence Minister’s workplace tweeted.
Singh together with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will take part within the 2nd India-Japan 22 Ministerial Dialogue in Tokyo on Thursday.
In an earlier assertion, the Ministry of Defence mentioned the Japanese facet shall be represented by the Minister of Defence Yasukazu Hamada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi.
“The 22 Dialogue will review bilateral cooperation across domains and chart out the way forward,” the assertion mentioned.
India and Japan are pursuing a Special Strategic and Global Partnership. This 12 months marks 70 years of diplomatic relations between the 2 international locations.
In addition to the 22 dialogue, Rajnath Singh will individually maintain bilateral talks together with his Japanese counterpart to strengthen additional defence cooperation between the 2 international locations throughout numerous sectors. He can be scheduled to name on the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in the course of the go to.
Defence Minister can even attend a group occasion organised by the Embassy of India in Tokyo and work together with the Indian diaspora in Japan.
Last week, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned Japan is a kind of few international locations with whom India does a 22 assembly.
“And the US is obviously the other one, which is the first one we started and I think we would look forward to 22 inter-sessional with the US here,” Bagchi mentioned throughout a weekly media briefing.
The financial relationship between Japan and India has steadily expanded and deepened lately. The quantity of commerce between the 2 international locations has elevated.
Back in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral assembly with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in Japan. They had a productive change of views on enhancing bilateral relations in numerous spheres in addition to on some regional and world points.
During the talks, the 2 leaders agreed to additional improve bilateral safety and defence cooperation, together with within the space of defence manufacturing.
At that point, that they had concurred that the subsequent 22 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting could also be held in Japan on the earliest. (ANI)