Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit India as planned next week amid violent protests in India’s northeast over a new citizenship law.
Abe was scheduled to begin his visit on Sunday and had been slated to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam, one of the regions where demonstrations have turned violent. The talks would have been the 16th between the two leaders and their deferral will be a blow to Abe’s policy of cultivating ties with India to balance out China’s growing power in the region.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit India as planned next week amid violent protests in India’s northeast over a new citizenship law.
Abe was scheduled to begin his visit on Sunday and had been slated to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam, one of the regions where demonstrations have turned violent. The talks would have been the 16th between the two leaders and their deferral will be a blow to Abe’s policy of cultivating ties with India to balance out China’s growing power in the region.