Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Calls For Action From G20

OSAKA (Japan): Ahead of the G20 Summit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday supported his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s advocacy that the member countries of the grouping should deal with the problem of fugitive economic offenders as part of anti-corruption measures. This assumes significance as a number of Indian economic fugitives, including Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, have taken refuge in countries like the United Kingdom and India is pressing for their early extradition so that they could face the law of the land.

Shinzo Abe expressed his views during his meeting with Modi here, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said at a media briefing.

Gokhale said the Japanese Prime Minister initially began with the expectations from the G20 meeting and spoke about the importance of focusing on the global economy.

“He referred specifically to Prime Minister’s (Modi’s) initiative at earlier G20 meetings on the issue of fugitive economic offenders and said that the G20 should deal with this problem as part of the anti-corruption measures,” Gokhale told the media. (IANS)

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