Prime Minister Modi’s craft has finally landed, after a
highly successful flight from the Pacific archipelago nation, and it returned
with a perfect Ikebana on-board, as India celebrates one of the highest peaks
of diplomacy with the East- Asian neighbour.
Investments to tunes of around 35 billion dollars that have been
promised by the Abe government , thereby making the biggest talk point of World politi a fairy tale script for the NDA government. Japan also lifted ban on six
Indian Organisations, including the HAL, after the 1998 nuclear tests.
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The 5-day visit began even before the PM was aboard, with
the Charismatic Modi taking to the microblogging site “Twitter”, expressing his
enthusiasm for the visit, in Japanese, thereby setting a perfect launch pad for
the same.
It then witnessed diplomatic warmth at its best, when the PM
was received by his Japanese counterpart himself at the Kyoto airport. It
followed by the PM taking a holy dip of the holy city of Japan , witnessing the
perfect blend of culture and development going hand in hand .The Kyoto visit saw an
agreement inked to develop the PM’s own constituency Varanasi in lines with the
erstwhile Japanese capital city .
The PM visited several educational institutions, to take a
cue how Japanese educational system maintains the right balance between
modernisation and ancient values. This was followed by the much awaited summit
of the Asian giants, where several bilateral agreements saw the daylight including,
Japanese investment in development of High speed and semi high speed rail
roads.
It was also agreed upon to set up industrial hubs at
numerous locations, with a “red carpet” welcome promised for Japanese
manufacturers to explore Indian shores. Strategic ties were reviewed with a
consensual decision to replace the existing “two plus two” set up by a higher,
direct ministerial linkage.
Defence deals, mainly pertaining to the US-II amphibian
aircraft, and the transfer of aircraft technology to India was finalised.
Japanese expertise to upgrade existing technical setups, like the ship breaking
yard in Gujarat was also agreed upon.
The summit also saw the Asian giants agree upon renewable
energy cooperation. Besides, a rare earth metal supply chain to Japan, from
India was also charted in.
While things seem to be just and fine for the Indo-Japan
politi , but the warmth displayed by both counterparts make it seem that India
have picked a perfect ally in its road to “SABKA SAATH , SABKA BIKAS “ , i.e growth for all , of all , the Namo mantra
.
-Abi.
