Conference on "India and Japan: Confluence of Maritime Democracies"

The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) organized a Conference on “India and Japan: Confluence of Maritime Democracies.” on September 14, 2016. The event was attended by around 80 participants from think tanks and the strategic community. 

At their last bilateral summit held in New Delhi on December 12, 2015, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe announced a multi-sectoral and actionoriented partnership for peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific, reflecting the broad convergence of their nations’ long-term political, economic and strategic goals. The “Joint Statement of India and Japan Vision 2025” issued at the summit also set out new and expanded principles for realizing a peaceful, equitable and rules-based order across the Indo-Pacific.  

This marks a qualitatively new phase in the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, announced in 2014, with vast region-wide ramifications. 

In advance of the forthcoming India-Japan bilateral summit to be held later this year, the Delhi Policy Group organised a one-day conference on “India and Japan” Confluence of Maritime Democracies” in New Delhi on October 7, 2016. The Conference featured opening keynote addresses by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary and H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan. The Keynote address by Foreign Secretary was delivered under Chatham House rules. Conference Sessions covered the important issues of national security concerns and policies of India and Japan; India-Japan cooperation on regional and maritime security; India-Japan-US trilateral cooperation; role of India and Japan in forging a rules-based order for the Indo Pacific.