China on mind, India, Japan deepen security partnership

The governments of India and Japan on Friday said they supported private sector-led efforts that safeguarded the economic security of both countries.

- ARCHIS MOHAN

They also proposed an annual dialogue of their national security advisers to take stock of the security situation facing India and Japan, and have increased consultation between their military leaderships.

The two countries welcomed the launch of the India-Japan Private-Sector Dialogue on Economic Security between Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

With New Delhi and Tokyo wary of an increasingly assertive Beijing, the two countries signed an agreement to deepen their economic-security partnership. The pact identified such a partnership as "a key pillar" of India-Japan bilateral cooperation "emanating from a growing convergence in our strategic outlook and economic imperatives".