Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting with Japan’s Ambassador to India Ono Keiichi in New Delhi today.

 

Scindia, after the meeting, wrote on X that the discussions held on further bolstering strategic partnership between the two nations.

 

On September 22, India’s Ambassador to Japan Nagma Mallick and Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuhiro Fujii held a meeting on the sidelines of an India-Japan international friendship cricket match in Sano City in Japan.

 

During the meeting, two sides agreed to work together to further strengthen relations.

 

In July, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on an official visit to India.

 

Takaichi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks at the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi, where they discussed the full spectrum of bilateral ties, including trade and investment, economic security, energy, emerging technologies, defence and people-to-people exchanges.

 

India and Japan have shared a ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ since 2014. Friendship between both countries has a long history rooted in spiritual affinity and strong cultural and civilisational ties.