NEW DELHI: Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday virtually addressed the 3rd Land Forces Summit hosted by the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF), outlining India’s vision for deeper land power cooperation in the Indo-Pacific through the proposed ‘IKIGAI’ Framework.
The high-level summit brought together Chiefs of Armies and senior military leaders from key Indo-Pacific nations, including Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia and the United States, reinforcing the growing emphasis on multilateral military cooperation amid evolving regional security dynamics.
In his address, General Dwivedi postulated the IKIGAI Framework as a comprehensive and structured roadmap aimed at enhancing Indo-Pacific land forces collaboration. Drawing from a shared regional outlook, the framework seeks to strengthen coordination, preparedness and trust among partner armies to address both traditional and non-traditional security challenges.