India, Japan partnership holds immense potential to de-risk global economy: Jaishankar

Key Highlights

• “Our special strategic and global partnership is on an upward trajectory and holds immense potential for shaping the world order and de-risking the international economy,” Jaishankar said on social media after the 18th India-Japan strategic dialogue.
• He said the discussions on boosting cooperation in areas of economy supply chain, critical minerals, technology and people-to-people connections were reflective of “shared interests” between the two sides.
• “Also had a useful exchange of perspectives on Indo-Pacific and regional and global developments,” he said.
• Toshihiro Kitamura, a  spokesperson at the Japan foreign ministry said Jaishankar and Motegi deliberated extensively on various global issues to align their views and discussed the importance of Quad.
• Kitamura said extensive deliberations were held on ensuring economic security in view of the current geopolitical developments, adding the two sides agreed to set up a joint working group on critical minerals.