India, Japan sign $75 billion currency swap agreement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that a currency swap agreement it signed with India was intended to function as a safety net in case of a financial crisis.
Japanand India signed a US $75 billion bilateral currency swap agreement on Monday during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo.
The agreement will further strengthen and widen the depth and diversity of economic cooperation between the two countries.
Speaking to reporters, Aso also said the US $30 billion currency swap dealJapansigned with China last week would supportJapanese companies and banks operating in China if they had trouble exchanging yen for yuan.
“India and Japan agreed to enter into a bilateral swap arrangement of $75 billion. This swap arrangement would be 50% higher than our last swap agreement,” finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Japan, and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held delegation-level talks during which the two leaders discussed a range of bilateral, regional and global issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region.