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India’s Modi arrives in Japan for visit
View(s):TOKYO, Aug 30 (AFP) -India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Japan on a five-day official visit as their governments seek to boost security ties and counter a increasingly assertive China.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Reuters)
Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, by special plane for a night in the nearby ancient city of Kyoto where he was to have an unofficial dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a foreign ministry official said.
Abe and Modi are expected to affirm cooperation in ensuring a “peaceful and stable maritime order,” a Japanese official told Kyodo news agency.
Both nations hope to curb Beijing’s rising activity in the East and South China seas and the Indian Ocean.
In New Delhi, the Indian premier told Japanese media in an interview on Friday that the two nations could “upgrade” their relations in the fields of defence and security.