India not slowing on ties with Japan: officials
28 May 2013 6:20 AM IST
Dismissing reports that India had adopted a ‘go slow’ policy on its relations with Japan in order to not offend China,’ sources in the government said the reports were ‘absolutely false.’
‘Such reports of going slow on Japan are completely untrue. In fact, we are trying to add content to our strategic relationship (with Japan). The reports of go slow are absolutely false,’ an official said on the condition of anonymity.
PM Manmohan Singh arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit, which will see a bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe. Singh’s Japan visit, incidentally, comes just a week after Chinese premier Li Keqiang made an official visit to New Delhi.
‘Look at the significance of what we are trying to do (with Japan). The DMIC (Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor), the freight corridor and other projects. Our (strategic) relationship includes defence, hi-tech and other things to deepen our cooperation,’ the source said.
Claiming that there was no move to appease one country at the cost of another country, the source said: ‘We are not in this business of allowing one relationship to be held hostage to another relationship. It does not work this way at all.’
India is likely to seek Japanese investment in various projects, officials said. The PM will also discuss energy cooperation, including on frozen seabed gas hydrates, a breakthrough in Japan that India is interested in.
‘Such reports of going slow on Japan are completely untrue. In fact, we are trying to add content to our strategic relationship (with Japan). The reports of go slow are absolutely false,’ an official said on the condition of anonymity.
PM Manmohan Singh arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit, which will see a bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe. Singh’s Japan visit, incidentally, comes just a week after Chinese premier Li Keqiang made an official visit to New Delhi.
‘Look at the significance of what we are trying to do (with Japan). The DMIC (Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor), the freight corridor and other projects. Our (strategic) relationship includes defence, hi-tech and other things to deepen our cooperation,’ the source said.
Claiming that there was no move to appease one country at the cost of another country, the source said: ‘We are not in this business of allowing one relationship to be held hostage to another relationship. It does not work this way at all.’
India is likely to seek Japanese investment in various projects, officials said. The PM will also discuss energy cooperation, including on frozen seabed gas hydrates, a breakthrough in Japan that India is interested in.
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