IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, met the Digital Minister of Japan Kono Taro on Saturday, wherein the two held a discussion on collaborating on new technologies, India's digital public infrastructure, and the country's telecom stack.

Following his meeting with Japanese digital minister, Vaishnaw took to Twitter saying, "Met the Digital Minister of Japan, @konotaromp, and discussed cooperating in emerging technologies and India's digital public infrastructure and India telecom stack."

The meeting of the two ministers comes a few days before the India visit of Japanese PM Fumio Kishida. 

The Ministry of External Affairs, in an official statement, informed the schedule of the Japanese PM's visit to India from March 20 to 21.

Ever since Fumio assumed the top office, this is his second visit to India. The last Japanese PM visit to India was in March 2022 for the India-Japan Economic Forum.

During the visit, Fumio will hold talks with PM Modi. Both sides will discuss bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. They will also discuss their priorities for their respective Presidencies of the G7 and G20. India is currently the chair of the Group of 20 economies for 2023.

Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi could not attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting due to an ongoing session of the Japanese Parliament. 

However, he participated in the panel discussion, "The QUAD Squad: Power and Purpose of the Polygon ", and stated that the Quad is not an effort to counter nor to pursue military cooperation, but to promote practical cooperation. 
 

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