Japan Ambassador to deliver lecture at MGU

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:39 [IST]

Kottayam, Mar 13 (UNI) The Fifth Diplomat Lecture on ''Japan-India Relations'' will be delivered by Japanese Ambassador Yasukuni Enoki here on March 16.

The lecture is being organised by the School of International Relations and Politics of the Mahatma Gandhi University.

School Director Raju K Thedikkaran said the lecture would focus on the general trend both in the past and future of Japan-India relations and brief on latest developments in bilateral relations.

The lecture assumed significance as the two countries were set to pursue a comprehensive economic partnership in Asia, which was now emerging as the leading growth centre of an increasingly interdependent global economy.

UNI

Topics: EXTERNAL-KERALA-LECTURE

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