[Courtesy]India and Japan are planning to hold a '2+2' format meeting of foreign and defence ministers in Tokyo later this month, Japanese media reported. According to NHK, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo are due to attend the meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. According to Asia Nikkei, this comes as China ramps up its activities in the disputed East and South China Seas. Both India and Japan time and again have asserted that they are committed to efforts to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Take a surveyThe Asia-Pacific region features several territorial disputes in the South China and East China seas which involve Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Source: Standard Digital May 06, 2021 10:30 UTC