With China as the common factor, India-Japan ties move to the next level By IN Bureau ( IANS) | Published on Tue, Feb 16 2021 13:03 IST | 0 Views
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.