Fumio Kishida and PM Modi signed two agreements, invitation for G7 Hiroshima conference
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New Delhi : Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the relationship between India and Japan as one of the most natural partnerships in the Asian region. He said that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 Hiroshima summit and Prime Minister Modi has accepted his invitation. The Foreign Secretary said that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is on an official visit to India to meet Prime Minister Modi. Two agreements have also been signed during this meeting. Relations with Japan have a special place for India. Japan is one of the few countries with which India has an annual summit arrangement.
two agreements signed
Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said that two documents were signed during the meeting between Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida and PM Narendra Modi. The first of these includes the renewal of the MOC (Memorandum of Cooperation) in the Japanese language and the focus on essentially higher level language learning. The second agreement was the exchange of notes on the JICA loan of 300 billion on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed railway project.
Resolve to expand global strategic partnership
Let us tell you that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Monday resolved to expand the India-Japan global strategic partnership and said that it is important for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific. The two Prime Ministers reviewed the progress made in India-Japan bilateral relations and exchanged views on defense equipment and technology cooperation, trade, health and digital partnership.
What is Special Strategic and Global Partnership
In a joint statement to the media after the talks, Prime Minister Modi said that the India-Japan ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ is based on our shared democratic values and respect for the rule of law on the international stage. Strengthening this partnership is not only important for both our countries, it also promotes peace, prosperity and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The two leaders also had fruitful discussions on the importance of reliable supply chains in semiconductors and other critical technologies, he added. Referring to Japan’s target of investing 5 lakh crore yen (Rs 3,20,000 crore) in India last year, Modi said it is a matter of satisfaction that good progress has been made in this direction.
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