India, Japan ink major military logistics support agreement amid tensions in LAC
In their annual summit on September 9, India and Japan inked a landmark agreement that will allow their militaries to access each other's bases for logistics support at a time when Chinese military is flexing its muscle in the Indo-Pacific region.On 9 September, India and Japan in their annual summit inked mutual logistics support arrangement (MLSA).The mutual logistics support arrangement (MLSA) was signed by defence secretary Ajay Kumar and the Japanese ambassador to India Suzuki Satoshi, a defence ministry spokesperson said.Japanese ambassador Satoshi also tweeted “Great pleasure to sign the agreement concerning reciprocal provision of supplies and services between #JSDF and the #IndianArmedForces. Hope the agreement will further promote cooperation between them. #JapanIndia.”The MLSA a