HIGH-END DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION POSSIBLE WITH JAPAN: PM

defNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India sees possibility of a new era of cooperation with Japan in high-end defence technology and equipment and noted that progress has been made in parleys on civil nuclear agreement and amphibious aircraft deal between them.

 

“In the field of defence and security, I feel time has come for us to upgrade our relations. I see in the recent changes in Japan’s defence export policies and regulations a possibility to engage in a new era of cooperation in high-end defence technology and equipment.

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“There has been significant progress in our negotiations on the civil nuclear agreement; on the US-2 amphibian aircraft; and in the field of high speed

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