Indian envoy discusses bilateral relations with Japan Upper House President Santo Akiko

On November 11, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Indian Ambassador to Japan, discussed the ever-growing bilateral relations between the two countries with Santo Akiko, President, House of Councilors in Japan’s National Diet, the Embassy of India in Japan informed on Tuesday.

In a tweet, Verma stated that he had attended a Japanese Sencha Tea ceremony at the invitation of Akiko. “On 11 Nov’20, Ambassador Sanjay Kumar Verma attended Japanese Sencha Tea Ceremony on the invitation of Her Excellency SANTO Akiko, President, House of Councilors (Upper House) National Diet of Japan. On sidelines of the event, Amb discussed India and India-Japan ever-growing relations.”

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The navies of India and Japan, along with the US and Australia, are set to take part in the second phase of Exercise Malabar that is scheduled to take place from November 17 to 20 in the Indian Ocean region.