PM Modi Reaffirms “Vital Role” of India-Japan Special Strategic And Global Partnership During Meet With Japanese FM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday, reaffirmed the importance of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership and underlined its role in promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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“I am delighted to welcome Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. We reaffirmed the vital role of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership in advancing peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” the Prime Minister said in his post. he said.

The meeting followed the 11th Quadrilateral Foreign Ministers Meeting held at Hyderabad House, chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, with Japanese Foreign Minister and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Following the meeting, the Quad partners adopted four documents: a joint declaration, a fact sheet, a joint declaration on Indo-Pacific Energy Security and the Quadrilateral Critical Minerals Initiative framework.

The Japanese Foreign Minister also called on Indo-Pacific countries to strengthen their resilience and highlighted how the Quadrilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting has advanced cooperation between partners.

During the joint press statement, Motegi said the leaders exchanged views on regional developments and agreed to strongly oppose any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo through force or pressure.

He underlined that the energy security initiative to secure a stable energy supply in the Indo-Pacific region is a timely initiative and this framework is a crucial step in strengthening the supply chain of critical minerals.

“We want to work together across the Quad to build resilience, strengthen capacity and promote cooperation that will truly benefit this region,” he said.