India, Japan hold first 'two-plus-two' dialogue

India and Japan on Saturday held ir inaugural foreign and defense ministerial dialogue with an aim to give furr momentum to ir special strategic partnership, particularly in maritime domain. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar led Indian delegation while Japanese side was heed by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defence Taro Ko, officials said.

talks under new framework are taking place following a decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during 13th India-Japan annual summit last year. two leers decided to institute new mechanism for furr deepening bilateral security and defense cooperation and bring greater depth to special strategic and global partnership between two countries.

RE| Rajnath Singh & Japan counterpart Ko speak to boost defence ties in Indo-Pacific

In talks, two sides exchanged views on situation in Indo-Pacific region and resolved to work for achieving shared objective of peace, prosperity, and progress in region. meeting also deliberated on various key facets of Indo-Japan defense and security cooperation.

RE| rth Korea blasts Japan's Abe, warns of 'real ballistic missile'