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Defence Minister of Japan calls on PM Modi

| @indiablooms | Aug 20, 2018, at 04:41 pm

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday welcomed the deepening of the strategic and global partnership between India and Japan and said he was looking ahead to visiting the country later this year.

Modi  made the comments in a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office after a visit from Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera.

Modi said defence cooperation was a key pillar of bilateral ties and appreciated the progress the two countries have made in defence technology cooperation.

The Prime Minister recalled his long association with Japan, since before assuming office as Prime Minister, and welcomed the broadening and deepening of the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan in recent years.

Modi said that Defence Cooperation is a key pillar of the relationship between India and Japan. He welcomed the strengthening of various defence dialogue mechanisms between the two countries, and the enhanced linkages between the armed forces of India and Japan and also appreciated the progress in defence technology cooperation between the two countries.

Modi warmly recalled the successful visit of  Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, to India last year, and said that he is looking forward to visiting Japan later this year.

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