India and Japan on Thursday reaffirmed their resolve to uphold rules-based global order and stressed the need for all countries to peacefully resolve disputes without resorting to threat or use of force or any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. The two countries also agreed to hold the first ever joint fighter jets exercise.
These issues figured prominently during the second ‘2+2’ plus dialogue in Tokyo between the Defence and External Affairs Ministers of the two countries in the backdrop of China flexing its muscle in the Indo-Pacific, Taiwan and South China Sea. The reaffirmation by India and Japan to adhere to laws also came as stand-offs persist at some friction points at the border between the armies of India and China in Ladakh.