PM Modi Attends Shinzo Abe’s State Funeral, Other World Leaders Present

Prime Minister Narendra Modi moment joined several global leaders to pay paeans to Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his state burial in Tokyo. He paid flowery homage to the former leader. Japan began a controversial state burial for the assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday,

with his widow Akie carrying his ashes into a Tokyo hall where thousands of mourners gathered.The form has seen public opposition over the huge costs incurred, and also because state sepultures are reserved for the Imperial family. This is only the alternate time a politician is getting a state burial, the last bone

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays respect to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at the latter's State funeral in Tokyo

"India is missing former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe," said PM Modi earlier today

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Dressed in a black jumper, Akie carried the ashes in a box covered with a ornamental fabric into the Budokan venue as a 19- gun salutation sounded in honour of theex-premier.

The former Prime Minister reshaped Japan’s foreign policy, including setting out a bold vision for a amount vault in ties with India.

PM Modi had on Tuesday met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and underscored the late Japanese leader’s benefactions in strengthening the bilateral cooperation as well as his vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo- Pacific region.

Abe was Japan’s longest- serving high minister and one of the country’s most recognisable political numbers, known for cultivating transnational alliances and his” Abenomics” profitable strategy.

I’m travelling to Tokyo tonight to share in the State Funeral of former PM Shinzo Abe, a dear friend and a great champion of India- Japan fellowship,” PM Modi had twittered.

I’ll be conveying sincere condolences to Prime Minister Kishida andMrs. Abe on behalf of all Indians. We’ll continue working to further strengthen India- Japan relations as envisaged by Abe San.@kishida230,” he’d said.

Mr Abe, 67, was shot dead while making a crusade speech three months back in the southern Japanese megacity of Nara. His indicted killer targeted the former leader believing he’d ties to the Unification Church, which the bushwhacker begrudged over massive donations his mama had made to the side.
India had blazoned a one- day public mourning on July 9 as a mark of respect for Mr Abe.