PM Modi holds talks with Japan NSS on growing strategic partnership

National Security Secretariat (NSS) of Japan, Shigeru Kitamura visited India, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed importance of growing strategic partnership between two countries for peace, progress and security in region. Prime Minister welcomed Kitamura on his first visit to India after assuming charge in September this year. PM Modi expressed confidence that NSS Kitamura's discussions with National Security visor of India would make way to strengn this significant aspect of bilateral cooperation, a statement re.

During meeting, Modi also recalled his warm friendship with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and conveyed that he looked forward to welcoming him to India for India-Japan Annual Summit next month, he ded. Kitamura, on Monday, also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and examined foreign policy cooperation between India and Japan. 

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India-Japan ties

Earlier this year, PM Modi in a with  Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe pledged to deepen robust bilateral ties in a number of areas, including ecomic and defence sectors.  meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Abe came after y met at G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan and on sidelines of G7 Summit in Biarritz in France. "Continuous engment for concrete bilateral ties. Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi meet in Vlivostok," Prime Minister's Office said in a tweet.

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"A global partnership reinforced by robust bilateral ties. PM Narendra Modi met with PM Shinzo Abe on margins of 5th EEF in Vlivostok. Discussed deepening multi-faceted ties in ecomic, defence and security, start-up and 5G areas and exchanged views on regional situation," External Affairs  Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet. India and Japan h previously agreed to be in close contact to take "Modi-Abe vision" forward, shortly after which Indian leers were invited to  G-20 Summit in Japan. 

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(With Inputs from ANI)