Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi reached Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted, “Hearty welcome to Japan’s Foreign Minister Hayashi in India for the 15th India-Japan Ministerial Strategic Dialogue to be held today.” A comprehensive discussion on various areas of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership is on the agenda.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi is in Delhi for the India-Japan Forum. It's great to see the collaboration between the two countries

In the press release of the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, it was said that Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa will hold bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad House in the evening. On Friday, he will participate in the India-Japan Forum at the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi. After this, he will leave for his country on Friday late evening.

Earlier, Japanese media reported that Yoshimasa was visiting India as part of his tour of Southwest Asia and Africa to strengthen ties with a group of countries called the Global South. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo earlier this week, Yoshimasa said he would visit India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia till August 4. During his visit, he plans to hold meetings with foreign ministers and other senior officials of those countries. During this, Yoshimasa highlighted the importance of listening to the views of the Global South and responding to the needs of the group. Hayashi had visited Delhi in March this year to attend the Quad foreign minister’s meeting.

According to Japanese media reports, Yoshimasa’s visit is part of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s effort to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific and uphold the international order based on the rule of law. Speaking in Delhi in March this year, Kishida had emphasized that India is an absolutely essential partner in Tokyo’s free and open Indo-Pacific plan.

In early May this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the entire gamut of relations between India and Japan during a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima. Both the leaders also discussed the focus areas of India’s G020 Presidency and Japan’s G7 Presidency towards improving the planet. According to the statement, the two leaders also discussed deepening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The leaders agreed on ways to further strengthen the bilateral Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

Explain that India and Japan had established diplomatic relations in 1952. India, Japan, Australia, US are part of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), commonly known as the Quad.

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