Japan s investment in Assam
The visit of Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Sukuzi and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Guwahati
| 16 Feb 2021 4:45 AM GMT
The visit of Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Sukuzi and India s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Guwahati to take part in a daylong conclave on Act East Policy has put the spotlight on the infrastructure projects implemented in Assam with Japanese assistance. However, poor pace of progress of work of two Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply projects for Guwahati city has cast a shadow of gloom over upcoming JICA-assisted projects in the state. Both the Japanese Ambassador and the Indian External Affairs Minister visited the JICA-Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project at Kharghuli to take stock of the progress. The Japanese envoy has gone record saying that his country is pleased to support the project and that clean water will soon flow to the homes in Guw
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On Monday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar pronounced Assam as Springboard of India’s Act East Policy and its overall development as fundamental to the success of the policy. Addressing a press conference on ‘Act East Policy and India-Japan Cooperation in North East India’, he asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deeply committed to the all-round development of the state and JICA- Japan International Corporation Agency can attest to the fact how international partnerships and policies can make a contribution towards the development of states.
Dr S Jaishankar also underlined that though the birth of nation-states after the departure of British, perturbed the process connectivity, the Act East Policy enunciated by PM focused on the potential to restore the connectivity and entail increased people to people contact with the other countries situated to the eastern side of India particularly the ASEAN nations.
With China as the common factor, India-Japan ties move to the next level
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With China as the common factor, India-Japan ties move to the next level. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 16 : With China as the elephant in the room, India-Japan strategic ties are moving to the next level. Both countries are leveraging the location of India s North-East region, to secure a trans-border regional corridor where China s interference would be minimised.
From their perch in Guwahati, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Japan s ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, went out of their way to nail the convergence of India s Act East Policy and Japan s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) doctrine. The two made it plain that India s North-East was a focal point of the Indo-Pacific, bridging the rest of India with the 10-nation ASEAN.
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MDMK leader Vaiko (third right) receiving funds collected by party cadre in Salem on Tuesday. | Photo Credit:
E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko questioned on the action taken by the Centre to prevent killings of Tamil fishermen by Sri Lankan armed forces.
Mr. Vaiko was here on Tuesday as part of a fund collection campaign organised by the party.
“MDMK strives to prevent attack on Tamils in any part of the globe. According to United Nations report, 1.37 lakh Tamils were killed in Sri Lanka. Three days after the visit by our External Affairs Minister S. Jaisankar to Sri Lanka, four fishermen were killed and their boat was attacked,” he said. When Centre was questioned on measures taken to prevent such atrocities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they have constructed houses (in Tamil Nadu).
Union Minister S Jaishankar, Japanese Ambassador Satoshi Suzuki Take Stock of Guwahati Water Supply Project
The Water Supply Project is being funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency. The project is being set up along the banks of the Brahmaputra.
| 15 Feb 2021 7:45 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly Polls, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki, on Monday visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency funded Guwahati water supply project site along the Brahmaputra.
Union minister Jaishankar reviewed the progress of the project along with the Japanese Ambassador of Japan.
The External Affairs Minister and Ambassador of Japan to India arrived in Guwahati on Sunday evening for reviewing Indo-Japanese projects being implemented in Assam. They were received at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport by Assam State Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary.