During bilateral talks along with his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada on Thursday, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh highlighted the lengthy historical past of protection cooperation between the 2 nations and referred to as for increasing the scope of partnership in numerous fields.
According to an announcement issued by the Defense Ministry, the 2 leaders acknowledged the significance of the India-Japan protection partnership and the “important role it will play in ensuring a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific region”. Singh, who’s in his remaining levels Five day journey to Mongolia and Japanstarted talks with Japan’s Defense Minister Hamada in Tokyo on Thursday.
He reviewed numerous facets of bilateral protection cooperation and regional affairs throughout his bilateral assembly with the Defense Minister of Japan Mr. Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo right this moment. This yr marks 70 years of diplomatic relations between the 2 nations. pic.twitter.com/GvWpdrb4cH
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) 8 September 2022
The Defense Ministry stated that the Defense Minister emphasised the necessity to increase the scope of partnership within the discipline of protection tools and technical cooperation. “Reviewed various aspects of bilateral defense cooperation and regional affairs during bilateral meeting with Mr. Yasukazu Hamada, Defense Minister of Japan in Tokyo today,” Singh tweeted on Friday morning. ,
During the delegation-level talks, the Defense Minister highlighted the rising complexities in bilateral protection workouts between the 2 nations, which is a testomony to “deepening defense cooperation”.
India, the US and several other different world powers have been speaking about the necessity to guarantee a free, open and thriving Indo-Pacific area within the backdrop of China’s rising navy strikes within the area.
In Japan, Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will interact in a ‘2+2’ overseas and protection ministerial dialogue with their Japanese counterparts.
The ‘2+2’ dialogue is happening greater than 5 months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India for the annual India-Japan summit.
(with PTI inputs)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
