INDIA
The Modi-Trump meeting assumes significance as the US president, championing his 'America First' policy, has been a vocal critic of India for levying "tremendously high" duties on US products.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a trilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe here Friday ahead of the formal opening of the G-20 Summit.
It was the second Japan-America-India (JAI) meeting.
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, in a media briefing, said that the primary topic of discussion was how the three countries can work towards building connectivity, infrastructure and ensure peace and security in the Indo-Pacific, ANI reported.
Foreign Secretary on Japan-India-US trilateral meeting: Main topic of discussion was Indo-Pacific, how the 3 countries can work together in terms of connectivity, infrastructure, ensuring peace & security,& in terms of working together to build upon this new concept. #G20Summit pic.twitter.com/Rc4R4tAf8m
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2019
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also stated in a tweet that the discussions focused on how the three countries can work together with an open, stable, and rule-based Indo-Pacific policy.
2nd 'JAI' - Japan-America-India Trilateral Meeting between PM @narendramodi, Japanese PM @AbeShinzo & POTUS @realDonaldTrump on margins of #G20 Summit. Discussion focused on how the 3 countries can together work together towards an open, stable & rule-based Indo-Pacific region. pic.twitter.com/xsL9SMapSp
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) June 28, 2019
During the Japan-America-India trilateral meeting, PM Modi also highlighted "the importance India attaches to" the grouping.
Modi highlights the importance India attaches to JAI," the prime minister's office tweeted.
Committed to a better future.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 28, 2019
Meeting of JAI (Japan-America-India)Trilateral takes place in Osaka.
PM @AbeShinzo welcomes the leaders. @POTUS congratulates Prime Ministers Modi and Abe for their electoral victories.
PM Modi highlights the importance India attaches to JAI. pic.twitter.com/IBjkzFuTKY
PM Modi later tweeted out a clip of the trilateral from his personal Twitter account, saying that the meet was a 'productive one'. He thanked the Japanese Prime Minister and the President of USA for sharing their views in this regard.
Today’s meeting of the JAI Trilateral was a productive one. We had extensive discussions on the Indo-Pacific region, improving connectivity and infrastructure development.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 28, 2019
Grateful to PM @AbeShinzo and President @realDonaldTrump for sharing their views as well. pic.twitter.com/FruUecBySB
Later in the day, the Prime Minister will meet Trump separately during which the issue of growing global trade frictions is likely to feature prominently.
The Modi-Trump meeting assumes significance as the US president, championing his 'America First' policy, has been a vocal critic of India for levying "tremendously high" duties on US products.
Before his arrival in Japan on Thursday, Trump tweeted, "I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high Tariffs against the United States, just recently increased the Tariffs even further. This is unacceptable and the Tariffs must be withdrawn!" This would be Modi's first meeting with Trump after the BJP's landslide win in the parliamentary election.
On Thursday, Modi held wide-ranging talks with Abe on the global economy, issues of fugitive economic offenders and disaster management.
Prime Minister Modi will also meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Putin and other leaders during the June 28-29 summit.
This will be Modi's sixth G-20 Summit.
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