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India - Japan Defence Ties

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September 11, 2017

Why in news?

India - Japan Defence Ministerial Dialogue was recently held in Tokyo, Japan.

What are the highlights of the meet?

  • India and Japan agreed to enhance the overall defence ties between the two countries.
  • The agreement on enhancing exchanges between the two forces is likely to translate into more bilateral exercises.
  • The meet could result in exchanges in the field of technology and equipment, furthering India's aim of increasing its domestic defence production.
  • The meet stressed the importance of bilateral training interactions and is expected to consider Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) training in future to expand cooperation.
  • Besides, the Defence Ministers also exchanged views on the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • The defence dialogue carried a joint condemnation of North Korea's recent nuclear test.
  • Also, the two sides expressed satisfaction on the recent India-US-Japan naval exercise, Malabar 2017.
  • The Armies of both nations are expected to hold a joint exercise on anti-terrorism next year for the first time.
  • Japan has also invited India to participate as an observer in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise held by Japan Ground Self Defence Force.

What lies ahead?

  • India and Japan are witnessing a mutual, deeper and diversified bilateral defence cooperation.
  • This is particularly after the signing of the bilateral Memorandum on Defence Co-operation and Exchanges, and two Defence Framework agreements in recent years.
  • The recent dialogue has strengthened this existing cooperation and the outcomes are optimistic particularly with India's ambitions on domestic defence manufacturing.

 

Source: Business Standard

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