India, Japan, U.S. discuss maritime security in trilateral meet

Foreign Ministers of India, the United States and Japan met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly and highlighted the growing convergence of their respective interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japan Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida also decided to meet again in the new format, raising the ongoing official level engagement to a political one.The three Ministers discussed maintaining maritime security through greater collaboration and appreciated Japan’s participation in the 2015 Malabar naval exercise. Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief also featured in the first trilateral ministerial meet.