New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) The India-Japan partnership enhances the strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific region and contributes to economic growth at the global level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

Jaishankar said maintaining a "free and open" Indo-Pacific is a stronger imperative but also a more complex challenge.

He was speaking at the India-Japan Indo-Pacific Forum organised by the Delhi Policy Group and the Japan Institute of International Affairs.

"Our partnership that has deepened so much in the last few decades has greater value than ever before. It serves to enhance strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific and contribute to the economic one at a global level," Jaishankar said.

"Maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific is a stronger imperative but also

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