India, Japan defer Shinzo Abe's visit to mutually convenient date in near future: MEA

India and Japan have decided to defer the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a mutually convenient date in the near future, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.

India and Japan have decided to defer the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a mutually convenient date in the near future, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. "With reference to the proposed visit of Japanese PM @AbeShinzo to India, both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually convenient date in the near future," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

Abe was scheduled to visit India to attend the India-Japan summit at Guwahati in Assam. Earlier, some media reports hinted that the venue for Modi-Abe summit could be shifted from Guwahati considering the prevailing situation in North-East due to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. (ANI)