315: Abe’s Visit to India: The Strategic Implications
Sinderpal Singh, Senior Research Fellow at ISAS
5 February 2014
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attracted much international attention as India's guest of
honour at this year's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. A large part of final joint
statement issued at the end of discussions between Mr Abe and India's Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh featured enhanced cooperation between the two countries in the economic
domain. However, the joint statement also pointed to significant expansion of ties between
the two countries in the defence-security realm. This potential expansion of defence-security
relations has three major strategic implications.