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India and Japan Strengthen Strategic Ties

Strategic Insights

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In a recent written interview to the Japanese publication The , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his enthusiasm for charting the next phase of strategic ties between India and Japan. The Prime Minister's visit to Japan, though short, is expected to have a long-lasting impact. Both countries aim to strengthen security, enhance resilience, drive innovation, and deliver prosperity for their people.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between India and Japan spans across all three services, with regular bilateral and multilateral exercises, and is building a robust Defence Equipment and Technology Cooperation.
  • The two countries are working on codevelopment and coproduction of UNICORN masts for their Navy.
  • The Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation will further military modernization and industry collaboration.
  • The declaration is a comprehensive framework to evolve and security cooperation to respond to contemporary security challenges in line with the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan.
  • The Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation and the "2035 Vision Statement" for the future of the relationship were released during the India-Japan Summit, upgrading the 2025 Vision Statement announced a decade ago.
  • Prime Minister Modi expressed confidence that India and Japan will continue to be a force for peace, progress, and stability in Asia and the world.

Statistics:

  • The partnership between India and Japan spans across all three services, with regular bilateral and multilateral exercises.
  • The two countries are working on codevelopment and coproduction of UNICORN masts for their Navy.
  • The Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation will further military modernization and industry collaboration.

Sources:

  • The (Japanese publication)
  • aninews.in (Copyright 2022 All rights reserved)

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