India-Japan
Relations: Trends and Prospects
By Sanjana Joshi
According
to B. Raman , the use of the term strategic generally has
two connotations. Firstly, it is a long-term relationship
with a common vision and shared interests and concerns and
not a tactical, short-term or fire-fighting relationship.
Secondly, the national security of the two countries forms
an important component of the bilateral relationship. High-level
political contacts between India and Japan in recent years
have produced a multitude of political documents:
• Joint
Statement Towards Japan-India Strategic and Global Partnership
(December 2006)
• Joint
Statement On the Roadmap for New Dimensions to the Strategic
and Global Partnership between Japan and India (August 2007)
• Joint
Statement on the Advancement of the Strategic and Global Partnership
between Japan and India (October 2008)
• Joint
Declaration on Security Cooperation between Japan and India
(October 2008)
• Joint
Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Yukio Hatoyama and
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh: New Stage of Japan-India
Strategic and Global Partnership (December 2009)
• Joint
Statement on the Vision for Japan-India Strategic and Global
Partnership in the Next Decade (October 2010)
• Vision
for the Enhancement of India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership
upon entering the year of the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment
of Diplomatic Relations (December 2011)
Detailed
Paper
(Sanjana Joshi is a Senior
Consultant with the Japan Project at ICRIER, New Delhi.) |
