Both countries are expected to discuss important issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region.

New Delhi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will travel to Tokyo next month for “two plus two” interactions with his Japanese counterparts. Officials said on Wednesday that the two sides are expected to discuss important issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. He told that the ‘two plus two’ dialogue is planned to be held on September 8.

The dialogue is going to take place five months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to New Delhi to attend the annual India-Japan summit. At the summit between the two countries in New Delhi, Kishida had announced an investment of five thousand billion yen (Rs 3,20,000 crore) in India over the next five years.

Officials said that it is expected that in the ‘two plus two’ dialogue, the two sides will take note of developments in the Indo-Pacific region and discuss issues of defense and security, besides discussing ways to increase bilateral cooperation in other areas. will do. During the talks, the Japanese delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, he said. The talks will take place three weeks before the state funeral of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe’s state funeral will be held in Tokyo on September 27.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi can also attend this funeral program, but no official confirmation has been made regarding Modi’s visit to Japan. It is noteworthy that India’s dialogue with Japan in the ‘two plus two’ format was started in the year 2019 to further strengthen the security and defense cooperation of the two countries and to deepen the special strategy and global partnership. India also has ministerial-level dialogue with some other countries in the ‘two plus two’ format, including the US, Australia and Russia.