Sources from Osaka stated that With plans of forging a “strong naval cooperation” in the Indo-Pacific region in mind, Prime Minister Narendra modi, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday discussed ways to jointly build infrastructure and ensure peace and security in the maritime zone.
The three leaders decided to make the summit meetings under the japan-America-india (JAI) format an annual affair to “ensure successful cooperation in multiple areas, including maritime security, quality infrastructure, and advancing peace and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and Pacific region and beyond,” according to a White House statement.
The leaders “reaffirmed the critical importance of strengthening US-india-japan cooperation to reinforce shared core democratic values, which promote global security and prosperity,” the statement said on the trilateral meeting. The deliberations among the three leaders on trilateral military cooperation assume significance in view of china’s assertiveness in the recent times in the region. china, in order to demonstrate its growing global ambitions, is rapidly expanding its navy and is expanding its footprint in the Indo-Pacific region, including by building infrastructure in several countries dotting the maritime zone.
