FILE PHOTO: Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, observe an honor guard ahead of a meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 29, 2018. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled a visit to India, the Indian foreign ministry said on Friday, amid tensions in a northeast region where he was due to hold summit talks with counterpart Narendra Modi.
Two people were killed in Assam state on Thursday when police opened fire on mobs torching buildings and attacking railway stations in protest at new citizenship rules signed into law on Thursday.
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