Japan and India affirmed on Monday plans to strengthen their military cooperation amid rising tension in the Asian region….
Japan and India affirmed on Monday plans to strengthen their military cooperation amid rising tension in the Asian region. Indian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley told his Japanese counterpart, Tomomi Inada, in Tokyo that his country hopes to pursue a strategic partnership with Japan for regional peace and stability. His visit comes at a time of rising tension in the region, including territorial rows in the South China Sea and nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. Jaitley welcomed a planned trilateral naval exercise among the US, India and Japan in July as a way of strengthening cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. “This is all reflective of the level of cooperation our armed forces have with each other, ” he said.
