Indo-Japan meet to strengthen defence and security cooperation

New Delhi, Nov 30 (HS): The India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue was held here today in which the Ministers from both the countries discussed on several issues related to bilateral security and defence cooperation.

This meeting was held in pursuance of the decision taken by Prime Minister of india Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, to institute a Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue for further deepening bilateral security and defence cooperation during the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit held in Japan in October 2018.

The meeting was headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar headed the Indian delegation, while the Japanese delegation was led by Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defence Taro Kono.

The 2+2 meeting provided an opportunity for the two sides to review the status of and exchange further views on strengthening defence and security cooperation between India and Japan so as to provide greater depth to the ‘India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership’.

The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and their respective efforts under  India’s ‘Act East Policy’ and Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision’ for achieving their shared objective of peace, prosperity and progress to realize a better future for the people of the two countries and the region.