Hailing India-Japan ties, Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said that both the countries should go beyond their immediate oceanic limits to serve the interests of the whole world.
"India and Japan must move together. India must go beyond the Indian Ocean and Japan also must go beyond the Pacific, not because we have to serve our own interests but we have to serve the interests of the whole world," he said at seminar on 'Indo-Pacific Region: Converging India-Japan Interests'.
Rijiju hailed India-Japan ties and said that without integrating Japan's role, it will be difficult to ensure stability in the world.
"I feel that India and Japan have not realised their potential fully. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power,we are looking towards (fulfilling) that. The chemistry between Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is very visible," he said.
The minister said India is not an expansionist, not aggressive, not militaristic in its approach.
"We have to be strong and we have to work together so that we work as a stabiliser. Without integrating the role of Japan, it is difficult to really ensure stability not only in Asia, but in the whole world.
"The shift in India's Look East policy to Act East policy is also very transforming as well as practical," Rijiju said at the seminar, organised by the Observer Research Foundation in association with the Embassy of Japan.
He said, "When we say Act East policy, we have to look from India's northeast. Geographically, the southeast Asian countries are actually very close to the northeast India.
"We are very inclusive in our approach. We would like to see all members of the UN to come together for maintaining stability and peace. Japan and India both are democratic, ancient, peace-loving countries." .