Japan wants closer defence ties with the new Indian government that will take power after 16 May, the chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) said at the recent Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) held in Qingdao, northeastern China.
"The Indian Navy [IN] is keen and willing [for closer co-operation] but Indian politics is very complicated," Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano told reporters on 22 April.
He hinted that China's concern at stronger naval ties between India and Japan had prevented the outgoing Congress Party-led federal coalition from forging a stronger military relationship with Tokyo. He added that he hoped the incoming administration would shed this diffidence.
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