File photograph of Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida | Photograph Credit score: ANI
Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday known as on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and mentioned issues associated to the Quad and sought his views on additional strengthening India-Japan ties.
Mr Jaishankar is in Tokyo to attend a gathering of international ministers of the four-nation Quad coalition together with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Overseas Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Australian Overseas Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s an honour for me to name on @kishida230, the PM, and the opposite Quad Overseas Ministers in Tokyo right now. I conveyed heat greetings from PM @narendramodi,” Jaishankar posted on X.
“I briefed him on the important thing takeaways from our assembly right now. I recognize his steerage for the continued development of the Quad group and worth his views on additional deepening India-Japan relations,” he mentioned.
The Quad on Monday reaffirmed its sturdy dedication to a free and open Indo-Pacific, pledging to work in direction of a area the place no nation dominates others and each state is free from coercion in all its kinds.
