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President Kovind to attend Akihito’s coronation
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- President Ram Nath Kovind will join Britain’s Prince Charles, Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan and leaders of several Asian countries in attending the enthronement ceremony of Japan’s new Emperor Akihito on October 22. Mr. Kovind, who leaves on Thursday for a four-day state visit to the Philippines, will travel to Tokyo on October 21.
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- Kovind will also visit a Buddhist temple in Tokyo to plant a Bodhi tree and travel to the city of Kakegawa, about 230 km away, to inaugurate an Indian cultural and yoga centre there, funded by a Japanese citizen of Indian origin.
- No bilateral talks are expected during Mr. Kovind’s visit, though he will attend the court banquet hosted by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako and a state banquet hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- Philippines Visit
(1) The bilateral talks will focus on the joint challenge of terrorism.
(2) Joint working group on terrorism, to be held by Indian and Philippines officials with a focus on fighting urban terrorism, narco-terrorism, and work on information-sharing on terror groups.
(3) Marawi City Reconstruction: India had donated $500,000 to the Philippines for the reconstruction of Marawi city, which was destroyed during a siege in May 2017 by a terror group claiming allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in which more than 1,000 people were killed.
(4) Discussion also on strengthening counter-terror cooperation.
Sources
The Hindu