INDIA-LD JAPAN 2LST

Ways to strengthen cooperation in anti-piracy operations
in the Gulf of Aden and holding of joint naval exercises were
also part of the discussion.
The Prime Ministers of the two countries had agreed to
these '2+2 consultations' at senior officials' level in the
Action Plan to advance Security Cooperation of December 2009,
during the visit of then Japanese Prime Minister Yukio
Hatoyama to India.
The Indian side expressed hope that Japanese Foreign
Minister Katsuya Okada would visit India at an early date for
the next round of the India–Japan Strategic Dialogue.
The two sides said they were looking forward to the
annual summit between the Prime Ministers of the two countries
in Tokyo later this year.
The two countries also expressed satisfaction on the
steady momentum in implementation of India-Japan flagship
projects such as the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and the
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).
The Indian side thanked Japan for its assistance in the
establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology, in
western city Hyderabad.
The next round of the India–Japan '2+2 dialogue' will
be held in Tokyo in 2011. PTI