India and Japan held their sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue on September 10, 2021 in a virtual format.
India-Japan Sixth Maritime Affairs Dialogue
The dialogue involved exchanges on developments in the areas of regional cooperation activities, maritime security environment as well as the opportunities for cooperation between both the countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Background
First round of India-Japan Maritime dialogue was held in 2013 in New Delhi in 2013.
During first round of dialogue, both the countries signed Acquisition and Cross Serving Agreement. This agreement allows access to military bases of each other.
Through this agreement, India has access Japan base in Djibouti and Japanese Navy have access Indian Naval base in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
