Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo for the Quad summit shows how successful time management can lead to positive results. The visit was for a Quad summit in person. There was also the possibility of bilateral meetings and international policies in Quad.
This gave Prime Minister Modi the opportunity to meet with his prime minister, PM Fumio Kishida, who was in India in March for the 14th annual India-Japan Summit. It was also the occasion of a meeting with US President Biden in person for the first time since the Ukraine crisis. The two leaders once had a real conversation from time to time.
The Japanese decision comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed to boost security and defense cooperation, including defense production, during a meeting at the end of the Quad Leaders' Summit in Tokyo.
New DelHI: Japan plans to allow the deployment of dangerous military equipment, including arrows and jets, to India and 11 other countries, a move that could strengthen New Delhi and Tokyo's efforts to co-operate in defense defense.
The rules will be relaxed in March next year to allow exports to India, Australia and other European and Southeast Asian countries, according to a Nikkei report. Japan has established a policy for the transfer of protective equipment and simple rules that restrict their exports in 2014. However, it still prohibits the export of lethal weapons.
The development comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed to boost security and defense cooperation, including defense production, during a meeting at the end of the Quad Leaders' Summit in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The Japanese government also aims to "improve China's blockade by working with countries that have signed individual security agreements with Tokyo", a Nikkei report said. These countries include Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, US, Britain, Germany, France and Italy.
According to the 2014 policy, defense exports to non-developing countries in partnership with Japan are limited to rescue equipment, transport, warning, surveillance, and mine sweeping equipment. The new defense exports will form part of the Japanese government's policy on economic and financial management and transformation, which will be finalized in June.
The policy on defense exports will be reviewed after Japan's National Security Plan is drafted later this year.
India and Japan now have strong security ties in the Indo-Pacific and many cooperation are fueled by shared concerns about China's aggressive stance in the region.
India is one of the few countries with which Japan has signed an important agreement on the provision of goods and services within its defense force in order to further military cooperation and security participation in the Indo-Pacific. Agreement on Acquisition and Conflict of Service (ACSA) between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and Indian troops was signed in September 2020.
Indian officials said Modi had discussed with Kishida the issue of the development and co-production of defense equipment in India.
Japan is also working on plans to develop new anti-aircraft anti-aircraft missiles with Britain and the US.
India is one of the few countries with which Japan has signed an important agreement on the provision of goods and services within its defense force in order to further military cooperation and security participation in the Indo-Pacific.
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