JOINT STATEMENT US-JAPAN-INDIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, 2013

Delegations from the United States, India and Japan met for the tenth U.S.-Japan-India Track Two Strategic Dialogue in Tokyo on May17-19, one week before the important summit between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister Abe in Tokyo. The session was organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Aspen Institute India, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and co-chaired by CSIS President, CEO and Pritzker Chair John J. Hamre and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, former CII Chief Mentor and Aspen Institute India Founding Trustee Tarun Das, and Yoshiyuki Kasai, Chairman of the Central Japan Railway Company. The delegates met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, and other senior government officials responsible for foreign affairs, defense, energy and economic strategy. The delegates also engaged in candid, off-the-record assessments of political, security, economic and energy issues.