New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, congratulating her on assuming office and emphasizing the shared vision of advancing the India-Japan partnership. The leaders underscored that stronger India-Japan relations are essential for global peace, stability, and prosperity.
Sharing details of the call in a post on X, PM Modi said, “Had a warm conversation with Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan. Congratulated her on assuming office and discussed our shared vision for advancing the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, with focus on economic security, defence cooperation, and talent mobility. We agreed that stronger India-Japan ties are vital for global peace, stability, and prosperity.”
Earlier on October 21, Prime Minister Modi had extended congratulations to Japan’s newly elected first woman Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi. He highlighted that the deepening ties between India and Japan are crucial for peace, stability, and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
“Heartiest congratulations, Sanae Takaichi, on your election as the Prime Minister of Japan. I look forward to working closely with you to further strengthen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. Our deepening ties are vital for peace, stability, and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” PM Modi said in a post on X.
Responding to his message, Japanese PM Takaichi said on X, “I look forward to working with Your Excellency to further promote the Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership.”
Earlier, Takaichi stated that her government would deepen multilateral dialogue with India and other countries such as South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia, to advance a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” at a time when China is increasing its military activities, state media reported.
Calling the alliance with the United States the “cornerstone” of Japan’s diplomatic and security policies, Takaichi emphasized that China remains an “important neighbor” with which Japan needs to foster “constructive and stable” relations and promote a “strategic and mutually beneficial” partnership.
In her first policy speech to Japan’s Parliament, the Diet, since being elected as Prime Minister, Takaichi pledged to raise the country’s defense spending to 2 percent of GDP by March, two years ahead of the current target of fiscal 2027, Kyodo reported.
Additionally, she vowed to pursue an aggressive fiscal policy to address rising living costs, which she described as her government’s “top priority.” The 64-year-old Liberal Democratic Party leader became Japan’s first woman prime minister, marking a historic milestone in the country’s political landscape. (ANI)
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