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India, Japan close in on military pacts
India and Japan are likely to finalise an agreement on protection of military information during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip beginning on Friday that will the lay the ground for Japanese arms sales to India, including seaplanes. Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have forged close economic and defence ties aimed partly at pushing back against China\'s growing assertiveness in the region. Both are embroiled in territorial disputes with China.
Tokyo/ New Delhi: India and Japan are likely to finalise an agreement on protection of military information during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip beginning on Friday that will the lay the ground for Japanese arms sales to India, including seaplanes.
Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have forged close economic and defence ties aimed partly at pushing back against China's growing assertiveness in the region. Both are embroiled in territorial disputes with China.
Officials in Tokyo and New Delhi said the two sides were negotiating a defence technology transfer agreement and another on sharing of military information that are necessary before Japan can sell weapons to India and collaborate on military technology.
Japan is aiming to make progress on the two defence pacts during Abe's three-day visit, a Japanese foreign ministry official said in Tokyo. An Indian defence ministry official said the broad parameters of the framework agreement were in place.
India and Japan have been holding talks for two years on the purchase by India of US-2 amphibious aircraft made by ShinMaywa Industries , which will be one of Japan's first arms sales since Abe lifted a 50-year ban on weapon exports.
India wants two of the seaplanes off the shelf and the remaining 10 to be manufactured in India, with an Indian partner, as part of Modi's push to build a defence industrial base.
Abe, making a third trip to India since he became Prime Minister, pledged stronger maritime ties, also involving its ally, the United States, in a three-way relationship that has irked China in the past.
