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PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida

Moni Sharma

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida to expand India-Japan partnership for a peaceful, stable and prosperous post-Covid world.

Kishida arrived in Delhi on Monday on a twoday visit. He visited Rajghat, paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. Japanese PM will ramp up bilateral ties in a range of areas & explore convergence between India’s presidency of G20, Japan’s presidency of G7 to address global problems.

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Kishida announced new plan for an open and free Indo-Pacific, promising billions of dollars in investment to help economies across region in everything from industry to disaster prevention. He pledged $75 bn to IndoPacific by 2030 through pvt investments & yen loans, and the ramping up of aid through official governmental assistance and grants. P6

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We discussed boosting IndiaJapan ties in sectors like defence, healthcare, technology, and other issues. We also discussed ways to increase competitiveness in logistics, food processing, MSME, textiles and more.

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PM Modi received formal invitation of Japanese PM Kishida to the G7 summit in Japan. PM Modi also emphasised importance of leading 2 significant summits, G20 and G7, by respective countries. Modi thanked Kishida.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

A t a special briefing by Foreign Secretary Vinay