India, Japan advance strategic tech ties at second Economic Security Dialogue in New Delhi
New Delhi, May 11. India and Japan reviewed progress in safeguarding critical supply chains and deepening cooperation in strategic technologies at the second round of their Economic Security Dialogue held in New Delhi on May 11.
The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri alongside Japan’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takehiro Funakoshi and Vice Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Takehiko Matsuo. Senior officials from a wide range of Indian ministries and departments dealing with security, technology, energy, telecom, pharmaceuticals and industry participated, as did representatives from Japan’s foreign affairs, national security and economic ministries.
The dialogue is the institutional mechanism created under the Economic Security Initiative announced by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Fumio Kishida at the 15th Annual Summit in Tokyo in August 2025. Economic security has since emerged as a key pillar of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
During the discussions, both sides exchanged assessments of their respective economic security policies and reviewed steps to strengthen industrial and technological collaboration in five priority sectors – critical minerals, semiconductors, ICT including AI and telecom, clean energy and pharmaceuticals. The two countries emphasised the need for closer public-private partnerships to build resilient supply chains amid an uncertain geopolitical environment.
Participants also welcomed the outcomes of the India-Japan Private Sector Dialogue held on March 26 between the Confederation of Indian Industry and Keidanren, noting industry recommendations to remove barriers to deeper economic collaboration.
The Economic Security Dialogue was followed by a bilateral Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister meeting between Misri and Funakoshi, where the two sides reviewed a broad spectrum of bilateral cooperation, including defence and security, trade and investment, technology and innovation, people-to-people ties, as well as regional and global issues of shared interest.
