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PM Modi Begins Summit with Japan’s Shinzo Abe

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PM Modi Begins Summit with Japan’s Shinzo Abe

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Yamanashi for the 13th India-Japan annual summit on Sunday. They will review the progress in ties and deepen strategic dimension of the bilateral relations. Modi is travelling Japan for a two day official trip.

During the summit that began Sunday, Modi will engage with Shinzo Abe on a range of bilateral and regional issues including defence and regional security. The two leaders paid a quick visit to a leading automation company.

According to reports, the two leaders are expected to deliberate on a range of regional and global issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. PM Modi is also scheduled to address the Indian community Tokyo and will attend a series of business events. This is PM Modi’s 12th meeting with Abe since he first visited Japan in September 2014.

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In the afternoon of Sunday, Abe hosted an informal lunch for Modi at a hotel, with view of Mount Fuji, and both the leaders took a stroll at the grounds of the hotel.

Meanwhile, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said PM Narendra Modi was one of his most “dependable” friends and together with the Indian leader, he would like to strengthen bilateral cooperation to realise a free and open Indo-Pacific. In a message published in Indian newspapers on the day of the two leaders’ summit meeting in Japan, Abe said India was driving the region and the world’s prosperity as a global power.

He further said that PM Modi was an outstanding leader of his great country, saying,  “I have always believed and stated that the relationship between Japan and India is blessed with the largest potential in the world.”

Narendra Modi presented his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe two handcrafted stone bowls and dhurries made from rose quartz and yellow quartz stone sourced from Rajasthan. A Jodhpuri wooden chest from Rajasthan with traditional work was also presented, an official said.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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