Chennai:
Indian ambassador to Japan designate Deepa G Wadhwa on Tuesday
vowed to make the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between
India and Japan more meaningful and said the one-year-old treaty has huge
potential for both the countries.
Speaking during a function organized by Indo-Japan
Chamber of Commerce and Industries to felicitate her, the city-born diplomat,
who is also the first woman ambassador to Japan, said her focus will also be on
to strengthen the global strategic partnership between both the countries.
Wadhwa, who is expected to take over as ambassador to
Japan next month, said the new appointment is challenging and comes in the wake
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed visit to Japan later this year.
Interestingly, the event was also attended by US Consul
General Jennifer McIntyre highlighting the importance given to the strategic
global partnership between India, Japan and United States.
Japan Consul General Masanori Nakano who felicitated
Wadhwa said the focus of strategic global partnership, includes security among
other things. He also highlighted how the ties between Japan and India has
grown. “We had a mere 70 companies in Chennai in 2008 and now we have nearly
286 companies in Tamil Nadu,” the Japanese envoy said.
Prof N Krishnaswami, president of IJCCI and former
bureaucrat B S Raghavan also spoke on the occasion.
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