Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met a delegation of Japanese Parliamentarians from the Liberal Democratic Party in New Delhi. The delegation is being led by Director General of LDP’s International Bureau, Taro Kono, who has previously served as Japan’s Defence Minister, Foreign Minister and Digital Minister. The delegation is on a five-day visit to India under the India-Japan Distinguished Visitors Programme.
The External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that both sides held productive discussions on continuing the positive momentum in bilateral ties across a host of domains. These include defence, economic security, supply chain resilience, trade and investment, technology, innovation and people-to-people linkages. The visiting delegation noted the impressive strides made by the Indian deep-tech entrepreneurship and research and innovation ecosystem. They made a positive mention of the scope and speed of India’s economic development, including its manufacturing heft and the opportunities it is generating for India and its partner countries. They assessed the need for a more intensive economic security partnership between India and Japan, with an objective to further strengthen de-risking and supply chain resilience.
Both sides underlined the importance of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership built on the foundations of political trust, mutual goodwill and a common strategic outlook as an anchor for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. They appreciated the need to move quickly to enhance the scope and depth of India-Japan engagement guided by the directions set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during the 16th Annual Summit.
