The pledge by Kishida was made during his speech at an event organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs think tank, after a one-on-one summit with Modi, in which he invited the Indian leader to attend the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May.
"India has been invited along with Australia, Cook Islands, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and others for the G7 Summit in Japan. India has huge potential and demand in terms of infrastructure development," Japanese officials said on Monday.
The officials said that: "India has been invited along with Australia, Cook Islands, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and others for the G7 Summit in Japan. India has huge potential and demand in terms of infrastructure development"
The visuals showed PM Modi and Kishida talking while enjoying lassi. The two leaders even tried hands at churning as the caterers appeared to explain the recipe of the famous drink.
Vinay Kwatra stated that the two leaders spoke about how India, Japan and other like-minded countries work together to address the challenges, particularly in the wider-expanse of Indo-Pacific.
"I believe that this vision nurtured by the voices of different countries which can be characterised as our Free and Open Indo-Pacific. It's becoming more important than ever towards the goal of leading the International community in the direction of cooperation rather than division and c
While addressing the media after the bilateral talks, Narendra Modi said, "Last year, we set a goal of five trillion Yen means INR 3.20 lakh crores of Japanese investment in India." The PM expressed satisfaction that speedy progress is being made in this direction.
This is Kishida's second visit to India as Prime Minister. Later in the day he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in their bilateral talks the two are set to discuss priorities for India's presidency of G20 and Japan's presidency of the G7.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday said that a new plan on Free and Open Indo-Pacific will be annouced during his two-day visit to India and will present concrete ideas about the future of it at "this historical turning point."
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will visit India from March 20-21. During the visit, he will hold a meeting with PM Narendra Modi. The two leaders will discuss bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an official release on March 10.