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Prime Minister Modi will embark on his visit to Japan this evening. This will be PM Modi’s eighth visit to Japan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image: PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Japan on a two-day visit from August 29 to 30 to participate in the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit.
The Prime Minister will embark on his visit to Japan this evening. This will be PM Modi’s eighth visit to Japan, and the first Summit with his counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba.
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External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that during the visit, the two Prime Ministers will review the special strategic and global partnership between India and Japan, including defence and security, trade and economy, technology and innovation, and people-to-people exchanges.
They will also discuss issues of regional and global importance. The visit will reaffirm the longstanding special bond of friendship between the two countries.
Responding to PM Modi’s two-day visit, India’s Ambassador to Japan, Sibi George said, “India and Japan have an excellent relationship. We have an excellent political relationship, business relationship, and of course, people-to-people connect.”
“This year we are celebrating as the India-Japan Year of Science, Technology and Innovation Exchanges. A review of the progress we have made and to come up with a roadmap to take the relationship further to the next higher level in the coming 10 years. So this visit, this annual summit is a great occasion to review that relationship and also take it to a new, higher level of partnership,” he added.
In the second leg of his visit, the Prime Minister will travel to China from August 31 to September 1 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On the sidelines of the summit, the Prime Minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with several leaders attending the summit.
India has been a member of the SCO since 2017. It held the presidency of the Council of Heads of State of SCO during 2022-23.
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