Japan, India agree to speed up nuclear energy talks


  • World
  • Monday, 01 Sep 2014

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreed at a summit on Monday to accelerate talks on a nuclear energy pact, the two leaders said in a joint statement.

Modi, on his first major foreign visit since a landslide election win in May, arrived on Saturday for a five-day trip aimed at capitalising on a personal affinity with Abe to bolster security and business ties in the face of an assertive China.

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