FILE PHOTO: Indian Navy officers hoist the ensign aboard the INS Chennai, India's third indigenously designed guided missile destroyer, during its commissioning ceremony in Mumbai, India, November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japan hopes to clinch a military logistics pact with India that will allow access to each other's bases, Tokyo's envoy said on Monday, in a tightening of security ties seen as designed to balance China's growing weight in the region.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Japan this weekend for an annual summit with his counterpart Shinzo Abe, and the proposed Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement between the two militaries is on the agenda.
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