Japan, India Negotiating Military Logistics Pact in Tightening of Ties

Japan, India Negotiating Military Logistics Pact in Tightening of Ties
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, on Nov. 21, 2016. Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
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NEW DELHI—Japan hopes to clinch a military logistics pact with India that will allow access to each other’s bases, Tokyo’s envoy said on Oct. 22, in a tightening of security ties seen as designed to balance the Chinese regime’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.