Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said he was “a great leader, a phenomenal individual and someone who believed in India-Japan friendship”. Modi recalled this as he attended the state funeral of the longest serving Japanese Prime Minister who was shot dead on July 8 during a political campaign in Nara, southern city of Japan.
Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, attended Abe’s funeral in Tokyo.
“When I was in Tokyo earlier this year, little did I imagine I would be back for the solemn programme of former PM Abe’s state funeral. He was a great leader, a phenomenal individual and someone who believed in India-Japan friendship. He shall live on in the hearts of millions!,” Modi tweeted, sharing a photograph of him paying tribute to Abe.
