Ahead of the first official  Japan-visit as the External Affairs Minister of India for the 9th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue, especially during the beautiful Sakura season, EAM Sushma Swaraj called on Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

EAM taking head Raveesh Kumar Tweeted, “EAM @SushmaSwaraj called on Japanese Prime Minister @AbeShinzo. EAM conveyed the greetings of PM @narendramodi to PM Abe. PM Abe said that traditional friendship are characterised by heart-to-heart bonds and blessed with a huge potential for growth.”

 Earlier, Foreign Minister Kono and Swaraj had very productive talks, covering a wide-range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

 She said, “We took stock of progress since Prime Minister Abe's highly successful visit to India in September 2017.”

Bilateral relations between India and Japan have expanded rapidly in recent years. This is reflected in the number of high-level visits exchanged and the several official dialogue mechanisms that are placed.

The Special Strategic and Global Partnership between two countries that were established during Prime Minister Modi’s landmark visit to Japan in 2014, has been constantly strengthened through mutual efforts.

India and Japan have shared values, with a long history of friendly exchanges. Buddhism unites us.

 Addressing in a 9th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue, She said that Today, India has emerged as the fastest-growing large economy in the world. It is a global hub for manufacturing and innovation. Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, India is strongly committed to improving the "ease of doing business”. We have set into motion many far-reaching changes to build infrastructure, reform the business environment and promote education, skills and economic development.