PM Modi, Shinzo Abe hold delegation level talks, sign key agreements in Tokyo

Tokyo, Oct 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held delegation-level talks on Monday.

During the talks, the two leaders discussed a range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. Modi, who arrived in Japan Saturday to attend the 13th India-Japan annual summit, was given a guard of honour upon his arrival for the annual summit talks at the Kantei, the Prime Minister's Official Residence.

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Modi, who is in Japan for the 13th India-Japan annual summit, met his counterpart Shinzo Abe and held informal talks with him. Abe who called Modi one of his "most dependable friends," hosted him at a personal villa near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi for a private dinner. PM Modi is the only foreign political leader to have received the invitation. The duo also visited a factory, took a train ride together. The two prime ministers spent about eight hours together, MEA officials said.