Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will host his Japanese counterpart, General Nakatani, for wide-ranging talks on Monday (May 5, 2025) in opposition to the backdrop of rising tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror assault and China’s persistent muscle-flexing within the South China Sea.
The defence ministry mentioned the Indian and the Japanese sides will trade “views and ideas” on the present regional and worldwide safety scenario and talk about methods to additional deepen the bilateral defence cooperation.
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It is predicted that the scenario that emerged following the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 folks will determine within the talks.
The two sides are additionally anticipated to deliberate on methods to increase India-Japan defence industrial cooperation.
It would be the second assembly between the 2 defence ministers inside six months after their maiden interplay in November on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus at Lao PDR. At that assembly, Mr. Singh and Gen. Nakatani deliberated on a reciprocal provision of provide and providers settlement for better interoperability between their militaries.
The reciprocal provide and providers pact, if sealed, would offer for the militaries of the 2 nations to use one another’s bases for restore and replenishment of provides, apart from facilitating the scaling up of general defence cooperation.
“India and Japan share a long-term friendship, which has further gained qualitative momentum after the elevation of this collaboration to a special strategic and global partnership in 2014,” the ministry mentioned forward of the Singh-Nakatani assembly.
“Defence and security are important pillars of the ties between the two countries,” it mentioned in an announcement.
It is learnt that the 2 sides will even overview the scenario within the strategic waters of the East and South China Seas, the place Beijing has been growing its army posturing. “Defence exchanges between India and Japan have gained strength in recent years due to the growing convergence on strategic matters,” the ministry mentioned.
“Its significance is increasing from the common outlook on issues of peace, security and stability of the Indo-Pacific Region,” it added.
Published – May 04, 2025 08:04 pm IST
