20 October 2012

News Story: India, Japan to hold talks on foreign policy, defence issues


NEW DELHI (PTI): India and Japan will hold their second round of '2 + 2' dialogue on foreign policy issues and defence matters on Monday in Tokyo, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit there from November 15 for annual bilateral Summit.

Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma will represent India at the dialogue meetings, official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin said here on Thursday.

Apart from reviewing status of bilateral ties and deliberate upon regional and international issues of mutual interest, the two sides will also discuss global security situation, official sources said.

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