- India and Japan focus on enhancing bilateral partnership in agriculture, food processing, and best practices.
- Discussions include collaboration in technology, sustainability, and optimizing food supply chains for mutual benefit.
- The partnership aims to strengthen agriculture ties, sharing innovations and advancing food security initiatives.
On January 22nd, India’s newly appointed Ambassador to Japan, Nagma Mallick, held a meeting with Suzuki Norikazu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan, to boost the association between these two countries in areas such as agriculture and food processing sectors.
The meeting aimed to strengthen mutual cooperation and exchange of ideas in these sectors between these two countries. India’s embassy in Japan notified this via X social media handle on how important this meeting is in boosting these two sectors in these countries.
On January 16, S Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs, and Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Co-Chaired the 18th Indo-Japanese Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi, India.
At this meeting, the two leaders discussed many important issues related to strengthening their Special Strategic and Global Partnership, including issues such as Sustainable Economic Development, Maritime Cooperation, Enhanced Global Fertilizer Supplies, and Safe/Secure Development of Rare Earth/Elements that are critical for Modern Technology.
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Additionally, the ministers also looked into the various achievements that have been realized in the realm of technology, especially through the domain that is termed Artificial Intelligence, thereby establishing the ability to cultivate an enhanced level of collaboration between the two nations.
The discussion underscored that these two nations have an increased opportunity to control the direction that the global economic sphere takes, minimize the challenges that are faced on a continental level, and pursue a path that promotes mutual interests towards a stronger global framework, thereby paving the way towards a prospective period where stability and growth are fully realized.
Furthermore, Toshimitsu Motegi met with Indian Prime Minister Modi on January 16 to stress that both India and Japan are “natural partners” that “share common values and strategic interests.” Both countries will again seek to reinforce their cooperation while strengthening their interactions during 2027 since this will be “the 75th anniversary of our diplomatic relations.”
This meeting again strengthens their shared objective of developing the concept of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and will lay the groundwork for building even greater relations between their “Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership.”