INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
world peace and prosperity."If I put it differently, Japan, America and India is JAI
In Hindi, 'JAI' means success," PM Modi said after the first-ever trilateral meet with US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister
Our arrangement I believe, will play a big role in promoting world peace and prosperity," PM Modi said.PM Modi said it was a "good occasion"
as the three nations dedicated to democratic values met to discuss how to promote peace, prosperity and stability in the world."I am glad
both US and Japan are our strategic partners
Both the leaders (Trump and Abe) have been my good friends
It is a good opportunity to work together.Briefing the media about the meeting Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that it was a "very warm
meeting" and President Trump and PM Abe complimented Prime Minister Modi for the "reforms and development that he has done"."The three
leaders exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific
They all agreed that free, open, inclusive and rules-based order is essential for the regional peace and prosperity
The Prime Minister offered some ideas on how we should take forward on the concept of Indo-Pacific and how the three countries can work
together to promote this concept," Mr Gokhale said.He said that PM Modi felt it was necessary that the three countries reach out to all the
central role of Asean and they also agreed to work on maritime and connectivity issues and to synergise efforts in this regard," Mr Gokhale
said.He said that the three leaders felt that such meetings were useful and they should continue on the margins of subsequent G-20
meetings."Overall, there was a very positive atmosphere and the outcome of this first trilateral has been very encouraging
Prime Minister Modi and the other two leaders were pleased with this outcome," Mr Gokhale added.Earlier, making an intervention at the first
session of the G-20 meet on global economy, future of work and women's empowerment, PM Modi highlighted some of the flagship programmes of
his government undertaken to modernise economy and promote inclusive growth, such as Jan Dhan Yojana, MUDRA Yojana and Start-up India.
