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Japan will cooperate in building Andhra Pradesh capital: Shinzo Abe tells Chandrababu Naidu

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who promised his country's cooperation to the State in building a world-class capital city.

"Japan will extend full cooperation to the new state of Andhra Pradesh in its development and also in building the capital city," Naidu's office quoted Abe as saying during the meeting in Tokyo. Abe said the meeting will strengthen bilateral ties between Japan and Indian and open new vistas for both the countries in strategic and global partnership.

In a short span of time, he noted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Naidu visited the country, seeking its cooperation for building smart cities and in improving bilateral ties.

"We are hopeful of improving and strengthening our relations with India and Andhra Pradesh in various sectors like trade and commerce, infrastructure, technology, agriculture, automobiles, etc," Abe was quoted as saying. The Chief Minister invited Abe to Andhra Pradesh as part of his visit to India in January, and also handed over "Tirupati Prasadam" and presented a memento to him.

Indian ambassador to Japan Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Ministers Yanamala Ramakrishnudu and P Narayana, MPs Galla Jayadev and CM Ramesh, AP special representative in Delhi K Ramamohan Rao, advisor (communications) Dr Parakala Prabhakar and Principal Secretary Satish Chandra were among those who were present at the meeting.

Earlier, Naidu met senior officials of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, who told him: "We can act like a bridge between Japanese companies and your state. The Chief Minister asked SMBC to advise him on the structure of financial inflows into Andhra Pradesh.

"We will set up an office to clear Japanese investments. This will have an escort officer who will ensure that companies get faster clearances. This office will be on the lines of that set up in China," Naidu said.

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