Defense Minister Nakatani Visited India from May 4 to May 5, 2025. Events are as follows.
1. Japan-India Defense Ministerial Meeting
Defense Minister Nakatani held the 2nd meeting with Defense Minister Signh, since they met in November 2024.
At the outset of the meeting, Defense Minister Nakatani extended his sincere condolences concerning the terrorist attack carried out in Kashmir on April 22, and strongly condemned all forms of terrorism which cannot be justified for any reason.
The ministers concurred the importance to create a large synergy in the Indo-Pacific region by enhancing the collaboration among initiatives led by each country from the defense side. Moreover, Defense Minister Nakatani proposed to proceed the collaboration as “Japan India (India Japan) Defense cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region (JIDIP/ IJDIP)” from now on.
From now on, the ministers will be discussing in specific to coordinate aiming to establish a meeting framework from comprehensive and integrated point of view between Japan and India for coordination and task management in cooperation and collaboration, to continue expanding and deepening exercises and trainings conducted by both countries, to collaborate from the aspect of protecting sea line of communication, and to deepen Japan-India bilateral collaboration in South East Asia.
2. Flower Offering at National War Memorial
Defense Minister Nakatani offered flowers at National War Memorial in New Delhi. The memorial was built to honor and mourn soldiers of Indian Armed Forces who fought in armed conflicts for independent India.
References
- Japan-India Defense Ministerial Meeting