Publication Date:
Tue, 2008-10-21 03:00
MUMBAI: Armed with a potentially lucrative civil nuclear technology deal, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Japan to push energy and trade partnerships and China for a summit of Asian and European nations this week.
“We are grateful to Japan for going with the consensus in NSG despite its own unique history,” Shivshankar Menon, India’s foreign secretary, told a news conference yesterday. “India and Japan are strategic global partners, the bilateral meeting is to carry on the road map of this strategic relationship.”
India and Japan carried out military exercises last year along with Australia and the United States. Singh is scheduled to meet Taro Aso, the new Japanese prime minister, during his visit from Oct. 21-23.
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