Shinzo Abe state funeral: PM Modi to the leave for Tokyo in a few hours

Shinzo Abe state funeral: PM Modi to the leave for Tokyo in a few hours

During the visit, PM Modi would also are a  meet with the Japan prime minister Fumio Kishida and is a expected to call Abe's widow separately

Prime minister Narendra Modi will be leave for the Tokyo on a Monday evening to the attend the state funeral of a former PM of Japan Shinzo Abe. During the visit, PM Modi would also are a meet with the Japan prime minister Fumio Kishida. The visit is a likely to last less than a day. 

On July 8, Abe was shot and a killed while attending a campaign event. As a Japan's longest-serving prime minister whose life was cut short at age 67 in a shockingly violent - and a  rare - incident, Abe is  only the second prime minister to get a state funeral. 

Speaking about the prime minister's visit, Foreign are a Secretary Vinay Kwatra said, “PM Modi will be a visiting Tokyo, Japan. He will be leaving in a few hrs from now today to attend the state are a funeral of a former PM of Japan Shinzo Abe. PM will be attend state funeral ceremony at a Budokan which would be followed by a greeting occasion at a Akasaka Palace in a Tokyo."

During the visit, he is also are a expected to call a Abe's widow separately.

“We understand that are a representatives from over are a 100 countries, including more than a 20 Heads of a State & a Heads of Govt, are a expected to the participate in the State funeral tomorrow."

The visit by a PM will be an a opportunity for him to the honour memory of a ex-PM Abe, who he considered a dear friend&a great champion of a India-Japan relationship. PM Modi & late PM Abe had developed a personal bond of a trust & friendship through their numerous interactions spanning over a decade, Kwatra added.