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Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO Hisashi and Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
January 29, 2025


On January 29, commencing at 10:00a.m. for approximately 25 minutes, Mr. MATSUMOTO Hisashi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, who is visiting Japan. An overview of the meeting is as follows.
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Matsumoto stated that India is an important partner toward realizing a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and he would like to contribute to strengthening Japan-India relations. Referring to Japan's support to the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDM-J) which is located in Madhya Pradesh, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Matsumoto also expressed the desire to invigorate exchange of human resources between the two countries.
- Chief Minister Yadav stated that Japan is an important partner of Madhya Pradesh, and he hopes that the relationship will be further strengthened especially in the economic field.