Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls off Guwahati meet with PM Modi
5 years, 1 month ago

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls off Guwahati meet with PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major casualty of the violent protests rocking Assam and some other parts of the Northeast due to the Citizenship Act controversy, India on Friday announced the cancellation of its annual summit with Japan that was to have been held in Guwahati from December 15 to 17. With this, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India for the summit was also cancelled. “With reference to the proposed visit of Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to India, both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually convenient date in the near future,” the external affairs ministry announced in a terse statement. The proposed venue was never officially announced but all preparations had been made to hold the summit in Guwahati.

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