DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] India has lost a trusted friend and champion of India-Japan partnership, Asia and the world a towering and charismatic statesman, and Japan a dynamic and inspired leader who ushered in political stability and set his nation firmly on the path of national renewal. [...] In the strategic conceptualisation of regional security architecture over the past decade and a half, Abe’s role has been vital: from the initiation (2007) to the revival (2017) of the Quad forum for security dialogue and policy coordination between the major maritime democracies of the Indo-Pacific, to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) concept which enjoys widespread recognition today. [...] Abe will perhaps be most remembered for his remarkable and visionary address to the Indian Parliament on August 22, 2007 embracing India in a “broader Asia“ and envisaging the dynamic coupling of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [...] There was a continuous stream of progress in bilateral relations under Abe, which were upgraded to a strategic and global partnership in 2006, and again to a “special” strategic and global partnership in 2014.
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