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“Any military confrontation that includes Iran will have an impact not only on peace and stability in the region but peace of the world”

Kumar had said last month that both sides decided to 'defer' Abe's visit for the December 15-17 summit.

With that, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s scheduled visit to India for the Summit had also been cancelled.

In the backdrop of the government’s fishy assertions, the foreign minister of Bangladesh cancelled a scheduled visit to this country.

With this, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India for the summit was also cancelled.

The cancellation of Abe's trip came a day after Bangladeshi Foreign and Home Ministers called off their visits to India.

The 65-year-old is also the second-longest-serving leader of the Group of Seven major economies behind only German Chancellor Angela Merkel.