Strong language towards Pakistan for terror assaults, humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, nuclear non-proliferation, pact on cooperation in 5G, cyber safety, import of Japanese apples and export of Indian mangoes — the India-Japan Saturday summit between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Fumio Kishida coated an enormous floor.
On terrorism, the 2 leaders reiterated “condemnation of terrorist attacks in India, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks, and called upon Pakistan to take resolve and irreversible action against terrorist networks operating out of its territory and comply fully with international commitments, including to FATF”.
On Afghanistan, the PMs expressed “their intention to collaborate closely to realise peace and stability in Afghanistan, and stressed the importance of addressing the humanitarian crisis, promoting human rights and ensuring the establishment of a truly representative and inclusive political system”. They additionally referred to the UNSC Resolution that unequivocally calls for that “Afghan territory not be used for sheltering, training, planning or financing terrorist acts”.
Since Kishida is from Hiroshima, he “stressed the importance of early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)”. This is important since Kishida represents the constituency within the Japanese parliament.
With a watch on India’s infrastructure growth within the Northeast, the 2 sides determined to launch a “Sustainable Development Initiative for the North Eastern Region of India”, which incorporates each ongoing initiatives and attainable future cooperation in connectivity, healthcare, new and renewable vitality, in addition to initiative for strengthening bamboo worth chain.
They additionally flagged India’s approval to imports of Japanese apples and leisure in procedures for Indian mango exports to Japan.
On cyber safety, the leaders mentioned “India-Japan Digital Partnership” with a view to enhancing the digital financial system by means of promotion of joint initiatives for digital transformation and collaboration within the space of IoT, AI and different rising applied sciences. The joint assertion mentioned that Prime Minister Kishida appeared ahead to attracting extra extremely expert Indian IT professionals to contribute to the Japanese ICT sector.
A clear vitality partnership was launched with an goal to encourage manufacturing in India, creation of resilient and reliable provide chains in these areas in addition to fostering collaboration in R&D. It shall be applied by means of the present mechanism of Energy Dialogue, officers mentioned.
The PMs expressed satisfaction on the progress within the flagship bilateral cooperation challenge of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR). Modi appreciated Japan’s cooperation on the MAHSR and numerous Metro initiatives in India and appeared ahead to the deliberate preparatory survey for the Patna Metro, the joint assertion mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
