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India, Japan sign landmark N-deal
India and Japan on Friday signed 10 agreements, including the landmark civil nuclear accord, following the annual bilateral summit headed by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe here.
​Tokyo: India and Japan on Friday signed 10 agreements, including the landmark civil nuclear accord, following the annual bilateral summit headed by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe here.
"A landmark deal for a cleaner, greener world! PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo witness exchange of the landmark Civil Nuclear Agreement," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. The new agreement provides for bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.
This would provide for the development of nuclear power projects in India and thus for strengthening energy security of the country, according to the External Affairs Ministry.
The present agreement would open up the door for collaboration between Indian and Japanese industries in India's Civil nuclear programme.
"New strides in Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The leaders also witnessed exchange of agreements in wide range of sectors," Swarup said in another tweet.
A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) was signed between India's Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the manufacturing skill transfer promotion programme.
It envisages training 30,000 Indian youths in the Japanese styled manufacturing in the next 10 years. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between ISRO and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on cooperation in the field of outer space.
