Japanese PM on three-day visit to India from Sunday
New Delhi: The Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, will pay an official three-day visit to India from December 27 to 29 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh. His wife Miyuki Hatoyama will accompany Prime
Minister Hatoyama. The Prime Minister and his delegation will visit Mumbai and
Delhi. A government release said this would be the fourth annual summit between
the Prime Ministers of India and Japan since 2006. The two Prime Ministers will
discuss ways to expand, enhance and strengthen the India - Japan Strategic and
Global Partnership. They will also discuss regional and global issues. The visiting
dignitary and his delegation will arrive in Mumbai on Sunday evening He will spend
most of Monday in Mumbai before leaving for New Delhi in the afternoon. On
Monday,
he will meet the Director General (TERI) R.K. Pachauri at the Hotel Oberoi. He
will meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at 6.45 p.m. and Prime Minister Singh
from
7. 20 p.m. On Tuesday, he will place a wreath at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma
Gandhi. This will be followed with a second meeting with Dr. Singh and a signing
of a joint statement. A joint press conference will follow at Hyderabad House.
He will leave for Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.
