Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi arrives in Delhi on two-day visit

New Delhi: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening as part of his two-day visit to India.

Later in the evening, Hayashi is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Hyderabad House.

On Friday, the Japanese Foreign Minister will attend the India- Japan Forum at Imperial Hotel in New Delhi. Hayashi will depart for his country on Friday late evening.

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will travel to India as part of his visit to Southwest Asia and Africa to bolster relations with a group of nations known as the Global South, NHK World-Japan reported.

Speaking to reporters in Tokyo earlier this week, Yoshimasa Hayashi said he will visit India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia through August 4. During his visit, he plans to hold meetings with foreign ministers of those countries and other senior officials, according to the NHK World-Japan report.