Japan and India strengthen cooperation in economic security and AI fields

TOKYO, January 17 (Jiji Press) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar agreed to strengthen cooperation in the areas of economic security and artificial intelligence, building on the agreement reached at the bilateral summit in August last year.

At a strategic dialogue meeting in New Delhi on Friday, the two foreign ministers reaffirmed their commitment to work together under the Quad framework, which also includes the US and Australia, for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Japan and India aim to strengthen cooperation to strengthen supply chains. The two countries plan to establish dialogue on this issue by March and hold a vice-ministerial meeting soon to consider concrete cooperation measures.

Regarding AI, Motegi and Jaishankar agreed that the Japanese and Indian governments will establish a strategic dialogue involving relevant government officials.

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