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Deal with Japan on aircraft uncertain
NEW DELHI, June 8, 2016, DHNS:
As uncertainty looms large over the deal for procuring amphibian aircraft from Japan for Indian Navy, Tokyo has now put on New Delhi the onus of ending the stalemate.
Tokyo’s envoy to New Delhi, Kenji Hiramatsu, on Tuesday said that Japan was expecting the deal on the ShinMaywa US-2 amphibian aircraft to be concluded soon. He was delivering a lecture on “Challenges and Prospects of Japan’s Diplomacy – in the context of India-Japan relationship” at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
Hiramatsu, however, told journalists later that it was up to the Government of India to decide how to move forward on the proposed agreement.
Though the two countries have been negotiating the deal over the past several years, Japan’s reluctance to allow transfer of the technology to India resulted in an impasse. New Delhi was insisting on inserting in the agreement provisions that would in future facilitate co-production of the aircraft in India.
The US-2 amphibian aircraft is manufactured by ShinMaywa Industries Limited of Japan. The STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft is used by the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force for sea and air rescue operations.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/551123/deal-japan-aircraft-uncertain.html
NEW DELHI, June 8, 2016, DHNS:
As uncertainty looms large over the deal for procuring amphibian aircraft from Japan for Indian Navy, Tokyo has now put on New Delhi the onus of ending the stalemate.
Tokyo’s envoy to New Delhi, Kenji Hiramatsu, on Tuesday said that Japan was expecting the deal on the ShinMaywa US-2 amphibian aircraft to be concluded soon. He was delivering a lecture on “Challenges and Prospects of Japan’s Diplomacy – in the context of India-Japan relationship” at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
Hiramatsu, however, told journalists later that it was up to the Government of India to decide how to move forward on the proposed agreement.
Though the two countries have been negotiating the deal over the past several years, Japan’s reluctance to allow transfer of the technology to India resulted in an impasse. New Delhi was insisting on inserting in the agreement provisions that would in future facilitate co-production of the aircraft in India.
The US-2 amphibian aircraft is manufactured by ShinMaywa Industries Limited of Japan. The STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft is used by the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force for sea and air rescue operations.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/551123/deal-japan-aircraft-uncertain.html