With China as the common factor, India-Japan ties move to the next level
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With China as the common factor, India-Japan ties move to the next level. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 16 : With China as the elephant in the room, India-Japan strategic ties are moving to the next level. Both countries are leveraging the location of India s North-East region, to secure a trans-border regional corridor where China s interference would be minimised.
From their perch in Guwahati, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Japan s ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, went out of their way to nail the convergence of India s Act East Policy and Japan s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) doctrine. The two made it plain that India s North-East was a focal point of the Indo-Pacific, bridging the rest of India with the 10-nation ASEAN.
Union Minister S Jaishankar, Japanese Ambassador Satoshi Suzuki Take Stock of Guwahati Water Supply Project
The Water Supply Project is being funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency. The project is being set up along the banks of the Brahmaputra.
| 15 Feb 2021 7:45 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly Polls, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki, on Monday visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency funded Guwahati water supply project site along the Brahmaputra.
Union minister Jaishankar reviewed the progress of the project along with the Japanese Ambassador of Japan.
The External Affairs Minister and Ambassador of Japan to India arrived in Guwahati on Sunday evening for reviewing Indo-Japanese projects being implemented in Assam. They were received at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport by Assam State Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary.
Updated Feb 15, 2021 | 14:31 IST
Jaishankar reviewed the progress of the Guwahati water supply project along with Japanese envoy to India Satoshi Suzuki. He lauded the India-Japan partnership and called for the Japanese to invest in Assam. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar | Photo Credit: ANI
Guwahati: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Guwahati water supply project site along Brahmaputra river in Guwahati. The EAM reviewed its progress along with Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said: Assam has long been the bridge between India and the world to our East. The advent of colonialism and subsequent emergence of nation-states had effectively disrupted seamless connection between Eastern India and Assam and the world to our East. But this changed since 2014.
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