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India, Japan agree to take strategic partnership forward | India and Japan have signed a joint statement on moving to a new stage of their strategic and global partnership here today. The joint statement to this effect
was signed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart
Yukio
Hatoyama after their talks on a wide range of issues including civil nuclear energy
and energy security. The two sides have also come out with an action plan to
advance
their security, cooperation based on the joint declaration that was signed between
the two countries on the issue in October last year. The two leaders have decided
to expedite the negotiations on the comprehensive economic partnership agreement
so that it can be signed as early as possible. They also decided that they will
work for conclusion on the agreement for the main loan for the first phase of
western dedicated freight corridor by March next year that it can start in 2010
itself. Japanese Premier Hatoyama, who is on his first official visit after taking
over in mid-September, was accompanied by his wife Miyuki Hatoyama at
yesterday's
dinner hosted by Dr Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur at their 7 Race Course Road
residence. Earlier, the Japanese Prime Minister met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi,
ICCR President Dr. Karan Singh and Commerce and Industry Minister Anand
Sharma
. Japan and India , Asia's largest and third largest economies, have been working
at improving ties since Japan slapped sanctions on India in response to its 1998
nuclear tests. India wants details of Hatoyama's foreign policy, particularly
Tokyo 's attempts to pursue a foreign policy more independent of Washington and
improve ties with China . Hatoyama's talks with India could also focus on climate
change policies -- with the two countries on opposite sides of the debate, particularly
on expanding the scope of Japanese support for renewable energy projects in India. |
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