Framework for India-Japan Strategic Partnership & Cooperationー Joint VIF-JINF Study
The Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) and the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) of India made public a joint study report entitled “Framework for Indo-Japanese Strategic Partnership and Cooperation” on May 21 .
The report concludes two major democracies of India and Japan should deepen cooperation in the fields of security, industry and international politics, thereby contributing to peace and stability in the region at a time when China enhances its self-righteous approach and causes frictions with other Asian countries.
The JINF, a Tokyo-based think tank headed by Ms.Yoshiko Sakurai, had been conducting joint research over the past two years with its Indian counterpart, VIF headquartered in New Delhi.. Mr Ajit Doval, former director of Indian Government’s intelligence bureau, is director of the VIF.
Publication of the report was made at the multipurpose hall of the House of Representatives’ First Dietmen Office Building where members of the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party and opposition parties, researchers and journalists were present. Also present as a special guest was Indian Ambassador Ms Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa who addressed on the occasion that she expected politicians of the two countries would fully utilize proposals of the joint study and that bilateral exchanges of people would be further promoted.
