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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
India-Japan relations are an important in?exion point, where we have, earlier, rarely had the opportunity of exchanging views on matters of strategic importance to both our countries, particularly in the areas of
nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear weapons in general. Both India and Japan face threats of a nuclear nature, both overt and latent, yet have been at the forefront of supporting the cause of a world free of nuclear weapons. India is a nuclear-armed state, faces two nuclear armed neighbours with whom it has, if not hostile, at the least, adversarial relations, including territorial disagreements, while Japan, which is protected by a nuclear umbrella, also faces dangers from two nuclear armed neighbours. Yet, both countries appear to remain staunch in their support of Nuclear Zer0-the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. Both countries have often sponsored resolutions in the UN calling for nuclear disarmament, but, unfortunately, almost always, separately.
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