On the 29th, Indian Prime Minister Modi, during his visit to Japan, responded to a written interview by "Yomiuri Shimbun." Regarding the revised "Japan-India Security Cooperation Joint Declaration" planned during his visit, he stated, "This is to advance our intention to build a safe and stable Indo-Pacific region for the next generation," and expressed willingness to promote defense cooperation.
The draft revision of the joint statement signed in 2008 includes new cooperation in the fields of economic security and defense industry. The Japanese and Indian governments plan to exchange the revised documents during the summit on the 29th.
As the Modi government seeks to diversify defense procurement centered around Russia, Japan is transferring ship communication antenna equipment to India. Modi emphasized that defense cooperation is "a great success story between the two countries." "Japan has a good record in the field of defense technology, and based on political trust and complementarity, the two countries will be able to design and produce not only for their own countries but also for the world," he said, expressing the intention to cooperate in order to sell products to third countries.
Regarding the Quad framework of Japan, the U.S., Australia, and India, the focus has expanded to maritime security and space cooperation, and he stated, "I believe it will continue to produce practical solutions and concrete results."
Cooperation in the semiconductor sector, which India is eager to localize, will become a "main pillar" of the Japan-India partnership, and he said, "By combining India's scale and capabilities with Japan's advanced technology, we can establish a resilient and reliable semiconductor supply network."
He stated that, in addition to the line connecting the commercial city of Mumbai and the industrial city being built, Ahmedabad, he plans to use the Japanese Shinkansen system planned for introduction in India to expand the high-speed rail, and expressed "welcome to the active participation of Japanese companies."
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