Japan and India hold third '2-plus-2' security talks

Tokyo considers communications exports as top diplomats, defense ministers meet

20240820N ASIA-SECURITY-QUAD-1

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa are part of a press conference in Tokyo during July. © Reuters

NEW DELHI (Kyodo) -- The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and India held security talks in New Delhi on Tuesday, aiming to ramp up cooperation amid more assertive Chinese military activities in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara met with their Indian counterparts Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, respectively, in the two governments' third "two-plus-two" talks since their launch in November 2019.

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.