PM Modi holds bilateral meeting with Japan's Kishida, says eager to enhance cooperation in connectivity, commerce
economictimes.indiatimes.comNarendra Modi on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on the first day of the two-day G20 Summit in New Delhi.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Modi said, «Held productive talks with PM Kishida. We took stock of India-Japan bilateral ties and the ground covered during India's G20 Presidency and Japan's G7 Presidency.
We are eager to enhance cooperation in connectivity, commerce and other sectors.»
The meeting was held at the G20 summit venue, Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan.
Kishida arrived in the national capital on Friday to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
Earlier this May, PM Modi had met with his Japanese counterpart in Hiroshima at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.
The cooperation between India and Japan continues to deepen over time as the two nations share historical linkages with exchanges between the two countries being traced to the 6th century when Buddhism was introduced in Japan.
As both nations deal with the challenges provided by an aggressive China in the Asian region, India's political ties to Japan have grown significantly over the past few decades.
In the lead-up to both the G20 and G7 summits, the visit of Japanese PM Kishida to India in March bolstered further commitment between the two countries to work together for the realisation of a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific”.
India and Japan have already developed various frameworks of security partnership including a ‘2+2’ Dialogue involving Foreign and Defence ministers. The two countries regularly participate in joint military exercises such as the Malabar Exercise and have various partnership agreements ranging from defence equipment trade to military logistics.
Japan is India's 13th-largest trading partner, whereas
