(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
On the sidelines of the India-Japan 2+2 ministerial meeting, the
MEA said India is also looking forward to a 2+2 intersession
meeting with the US with several senior officials, MEA spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.
In a weekly presser, Bagchi said“The 2+2 with Japan is
something that we are looking at. We are also looking at mini 2+2
as we could have senior officials meeting here.”
Highlighting the 2+2 talks as a reflection of close coordination
and collaboration with both the Quad partners as well as bilateral
partners, Bagchi described the meeting with Japan as a crucial one
as it is one of the few countries with which India conducts a 2+2
ministerial dialogue.
In an earlier briefing, Bagchi termed the India-Japan 2+2
ministerial meeting as an opportunity to review security
cooperation between the two nations.
“Japan has offered to hold the next India-Japan 2+2 meeting.
However, it has not happened yet due to Covid-19 and other
factors,” the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson said adding
that the details of the meeting will be shared in the public domain
once finalized.
The US is the first country that India has started the 2+2
dialogue with and is now looking forward to the intersession meet
with the US here.
“The US is the first one we started and we look forward to 2+2
intersessional with the US here. We will share with you details
about the participation and who all will be representing from the
other countries a little later and we would also probably have
QUAD-level sessions,” Bagchi said in a statement.
India-Japan 2+2 will be the second such meeting between the two
countries as the inaugural meeting of the India-Japan Foreign and
Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) was held on November 30, 2019,
in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar met then Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan Motegi
Toshimitsu and then Defense Minister of Japan Kono Taro, on
November 30, 2019, in New Delhi for the first India-Japan 2+2
Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting.
The ministers had affirmed that this dialogue will further
enhance the strategic depth of bilateral security and defence
cooperation. Acknowledging emerging security challenges, the
Mministers reiterated their commitment to advancing bilateral
security cooperation based on the 2008 Joint Declaration on
Security Cooperation and the 2009 Action Plan to advance Security
Cooperation.
Notably, the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue was held between
Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on April
11 in Washington.
During the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, the defence and
foreign ministers of the two countries forged new and deeper
cooperation across the breadth of the US-India partnership,
including defence, science and technology, trade, climate, public
health, and people-to-people ties.
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