<span style="color: #222222;">Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi this morning. The Japanese Ministers are on a day's working visit to participate in 22 India-Japan Dialogue today. They will also meet External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar ahead of the dialogue.<br />'' <br />'' The meeting will provide an opportunity for the two sides to further strengthening defence and security cooperation to provide greater depth to the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The two sides will also exchange views on the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and their efforts for achieving their shared objective of peace, prosperity and progress for a better future for the people of the two countries and the region.<br />''<br />''The meeting is being held following the decision taken by Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe during the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit held in Japan in October 2018 to institute a Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue for further deepening bilateral Security and Defence cooperation. </span>