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New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are set to visit Tokyo next month to hold the next edition of the ‘2+2″ dialogue with their Japanese counterparts, which is expected to cover a range of key issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
They said the ‘2+2’ dialogue is planned for September 8.<\/p>\n
The dialogue is taking place over five months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India for the annual India-Japan summit.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
In the 2+2 dialogue, the two sides are expected to deliberate on ways to further expand bilateral cooperation in the areas of defence and security besides taking stock of the developments in the Indo-Pacific, the people cited above said.<\/p>\n
The Japanese delegation will be headed at the talks by Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada.<\/p>\n
The dialogue is scheduled around three weeks ahead of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral on September 27 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to attend the funeral. However, there is no official confirmation about Modi’s visit.<\/p>\n
The ‘2+2’ dialogue with Japan was initiated in 2019 to further deepen bilateral security and defence cooperation and bring greater depth to the special strategic and global partnership between the two countries.<\/p>\n
India has the ‘2+2’ ministerial format of dialogue with very few countries including the US, Japan, Australia and Russia.<\/p>\n
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