India and Japan have signed a joint statement on moving to the new stage of their strategic and global partnership. The joint statement was signed by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Dr. Yukio Hatoyama after their talks on a wide range of issues including civil nuclear energy and energy security. The two sides have also come out with an action plan to advance their security, cooperation based on the joint declaration that was signed between the two countries on the issue in October last year. The two leaders have decided to expedite the negotiations on the comprehensive economic partnership agreement so that it can be signed as early as possible. The two leaders decided that they will work for conclusion on the agreement for the main loan for the first phase of western dedicated freight corridor by March next year that it can start in 2010 itself. Both shared the view that the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor is moving forward from planning to implementation stage and resolved for early realisation of the project.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>