New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to meet his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe later on Wednesday. On the agenda are efforts to strengthen the ties between the two nations. Manmohan is in Japan on a three-day visit for bilateral talks.
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet the Emperor and Empress of Japan who are set to visit India for the first time later this year.
Manmohan will hold exhaustive talks with his Japanese counterpart on the entire gamut of bilateral ties with special focus on giving boost to cooperation in defence, economic, energy and other areas.
Official sources in the Indian side dismissed reports of India going slow on ties with Japan so as not to annoy China. "There are sensitivities in the Japanese side particularly after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and we respect that," official sources said.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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