TOKYO, July 1 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:
On July 1st, commencing at 7:35 a.m. local time, (8:35 p.m. on July 1, JST) for approximately 40 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a Japan-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting with H.E. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India during his visit to Washington D.C. to attend the Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The overview of the meeting is as follows.
At the outset, Minister Iwaya expressed his condolences to those who lost their lives in the airplane accident in Gujarat, India last month.
Furthermore, Minister Iwaya stated that the importance of Japan-India cooper...