'Delighted To Host You': PM Modi Welcomes Japan PM On First Visit To India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, who arrived in New Delhi for a three-day visit. The Japanese Prime Minister's visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between India and Japan. Welcoming Takaichi on her first visit to India, PM Modi said he is looking forward to holding wide-ranging discussions that would further deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, "We are delighted to host you on your first visit to India and I look forward to our wide-ranging discussions tomorrow that will further deepen the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.""Through our joint efforts, we will continue to advance peace, stability and prosperity

in the Indo-Pacific and beyond," he added.

Japan PM Arrives In India

Upon reaching India, Takaichi said that her talks with Modi would focus on pressing issues such as economic security and energy security while exploring ways to deepen strategic cooperation in the backdrop of the evolving global situation."I have arrived in Delhi, the capital of India. As Prime Minister of Japan, this will be my first visit to India in about three years, and personally, my very first time visiting the country," she said in a post.Takaichi's visit, her first official trip to India since taking office, comes less than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Tokyo for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit.

Takaichi To Meet PM Modi Tomorrow

According to a media advisory issued by the MEA on June 30, Takaichi will meet PM Modi at the Hyderabad House on Thursday. Earlier, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X about her arrival in Delhi and said her visit marks an important step in taking the bilateral ties forward. "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi! A very warm welcome to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan, who arrives in New Delhi on an Official Visit. PM Takaichi was received by MoS Dr Jitendra Singh," he said, adding, "The visit marks an important step in taking forward the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan."