Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan Sunday, a logistics pact is on the table

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. (Source: PTI /, record)

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Japan on Sunday for his third trip to this country in four and a half years, India and Japan are likely to begin negotiations in Japan. view of a defense pact on logistical support, similar to those signed with the United States and France.

The logistical pact is the key to India's growing military cooperation with like-minded countries, especially because they are cooperating on the Indo-Pacific in a growing China. more proactive. 19659006] This becomes very important at a time when Japan is trying to improve relations with China and where Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making his first bilateral visit to China. Abe met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ahead of Friday's summit with China's highest-ranking President Xi Jinping. He must return Saturday in Japan to host Modi.

India does not unduly worry about Tokyo's rapprochement with Beijing, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale saying it would not "impact on bilateral relations between Japan and India "The links between Japan and China.

The defense and security ties are one of the key elements of Indo-Japanese relations, and the two countries share the same concerns regarding the Indo-Pacific region. "It goes without saying that the Indo-Pacific will be a major topic of discussion between the two leaders," said Gokhale.

There will be discussions on how the two countries can collaborate in the context of the Indo-Pacific Asia and Africa on capacity building and on infrastructure projects in a trilateral way. "In other words, it will be India, Japan plus one," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Modi will be invited by Abe for a private dinner at his holiday home in the picturesque Yamanashi Prefecture on October 28th. to get to Tokyo by train. "It's a very special gesture that Prime Minister Abe is doing," Gokhale said. Last year, Modi had hosted Abe in Ahmedabad, where he had organized a tour of shows in his honor.

On Sunday afternoon, Abe will hold an informal lunch for Modi in a hotel with a view of Mount Fuji. On Monday, Modi and Abe will have in-depth discussions on issues of mutual interest at the bilateral, regional and global levels.

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