Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are scheduled to visit Tokyo in mid-April to hold the next edition of the ‘2+2’ dialogue with their Japanese counterparts, which will address a range of key issues, including the potential impact of the Ukraine crisis. has been included. As for the Indo-Pacific, people familiar with the development said on Monday.
Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Singh are ready to travel to Tokyo after finishing their US trip.
The people said the two ministers are going to the US on April 11 in Washington to hold ‘2+2’ foreign and defense ministerial talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Both Japan and the US are India’s partners in the Quadrilateral Alliance and the implications of the Ukraine crisis for the Indo-Pacific are likely to be included in talks in both Washington and Tokyo.
People told that Singh is likely to stay in the US from April 10-13.
Mr Singh and Mr Jaishankar’s planned visit to Tokyo comes less than a month after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India for the annual India-Japan summit.
At the summit in New Delhi, Kishida announced an investment target of five trillion yen (Rs 3,20,000 crore) in India over the next five years.
In the 2+2 talks, the two sides are expected to take stock of developments in the Indo-Pacific, besides discussing ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation in the areas of defense and security, the people cited above said.
The Japanese delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi.
The ‘2+2’ dialogue with Japan was launched in 2019 to further deepen bilateral security and defense cooperation and to deepen the special strategic and global partnership between the two countries.
India has a ‘2+2’ ministerial format of talks with very few countries including the US, Japan, Australia and Russia.
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