Japanese PM Shinzo Abe set to visit India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will be in Gujarat for three days from September 13. Abe begins a two-day visit on Wednesday, during which he and Modi will hold the 12th India-Japan annual summit in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe set to visit India, two prime ministers will also launch a couple of projects.
PM Narendra Modi today welcomed Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who is on a two-day visit to India for the annual India-Japan Summit. The leaders received a rousing reception in Ahmedabad. PM Modi and PM Abe also visited Sabarmati Ashram and paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. PM Narendra Modi today welcomed Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who is on a two-day visit to India for the annual India-Japan Summit. The leaders received a rousing reception in Ahmedabad. PM Modi and PM Abe also visited Sabarmati Ashram and paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
The visit, which will be Abe’s first since December 2015, is part of an agreement between the leaders to make alternating bilateral visits. Modi visited Japan in November last year.
The summit takes place amid rising tension in the region following the nuclear test by North Korea and growing Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea.
This will be the fourth annual summit between Modi and Abe. The two leaders will review the recent progress in the multifaceted cooperation between India and Japan under the framework of their ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ and will set its future direction.
Expect from the Japanese PM’s India visit:
The two prime ministers will also launch a couple of projects, including the Rs 3,000-crore Suzuki car manufacturing plant at Hansalpur, about 170 km from Ahmedabad, using a remote. The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) that India is planning to develop along with Japan is also expected to feature in the talks.
Next visit, Abe will be laying the foundation stone for the construction of India’s first high-speed railway corridor between India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. An MoU has already been signed between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and India’s Railway Ministry for the 508-km corridor, of which two-thirds is expected to fall within Gujarat.
Thereafter, Modi and Abe will head to Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar where they will participate in delegation-level talks. “A parallel CEO conference will also be held at the same venue, where representatives from both India and Japan will participate.
Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi receives Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe at Ahmedabad Airport. pic.twitter.com/0ZOAROdDaN
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, his wife Akie Abe and PM Narendra Modi at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/JvhwZYf6WL
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Gujarat: Crowd cheers as PM Modi & Japanese PM Shinzo Abe head towards Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. pic.twitter.com/I2ibf9JxZb
— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2017
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