Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad in Gujarat today. Mr Abe is coming to India on a two-day visit to attend the India-Japan annual summit meeting. The 12th edition of the summit, which will be the fourth meeting between Mr Modi and Mr Abe, will be held in Gandhinagar tomorrow.
The two leaders will review the recent progress in the multifaceted co-operation between India and Japan under the framework of their ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’ and will set its future direction.
Mr Modi and Mr Abe will also attend a function to mark the commencement of work of India’s first high-speed rail project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
Today, the two Prime Ministers will visit Dandi Kutir, the museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, at the Mahatma Mandir and other hostorical places. Ahead of the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit, Mr Modi yesterday said in a tweet that India truly values its ties with Japan and looks forward to further boosting the bilateral relations in a wide range of areas.
