Shinzo Abe postpones Guwahati visit for summit amid protests in Northeast

Japanse PM Abe was scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Sunday on a three-day India visit to hold summit talks with Modi

India announced on Friday that the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, which was scheduled to be held in Guwahati, has been postponed.

Abe was scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Sunday on a three-day India visit to hold summit talks with Modi.
 

With reference to the proposed visit of Japanese PM @AbeShinzo to India, both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually convenient date in the near future.

— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) December 13, 2019

Guwahati is witnessing massive protest over the new Citizenship law.