Corridor named after late PM Abe completed in India
The Abe Memorial Corridor forms part of an international convention center in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, built with Japanese grant aid.
A corridor bearing the name of former Indian Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been inaugurated at a Japanese-funded convention center in Varanasi, a sacred city in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, according to reports. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, and Abe's widow, Akie, expressed that if her husband were still alive, he would have been touched by the creation of the corridor named after him and would have personally visited it, as per local media accounts.
The corridor's walls display photographs, one of which shows Abe meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath highlighted via social media that the corridor embodies Abe's efforts to enhance historical, cultural, and diplomatic relations between India and Japan. Abe paid a visit to Varanasi in 2015 while he was serving as prime minister.
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