The Japan-India Vice Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue and Foreign Office Consultation

April 7, 2011
Japanese

The Japan-India Vice Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue and Foreign Office Consultation will be held on Friday, April 8 in Tokyo.
The participants of the Vice Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue will include Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Ms. Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of India. They will exchange views on countermeasures for the Great East Japan Earthquake and international agendas in general.
The participants of the Foreign Office Consultation will include Mr. Koro Bessho, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Foreign Secretary Rao, Ministry of External Affairs of India. They will exchange views on bilateral relations, global and regional issues among other topics.

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* The previous Japan-India Vice Minister-Foreign Secretary Dialogue was held in December 2009 in Tokyo (between Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka and Ms. Nirupama Rao).
* The previous Japan-India Foreign Office Consultation was held in July 2010 in Delhi (between Mr. Kenichiro Sasae and Ms. Nirupama Rao).

(*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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