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Shortly after arriving in [[Kyoto]], Japan for a 5-day bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of [[Japan]] [[Shinzo Abe]], Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]] and Prime Minister Abe announced the '''Kyoto-Varanasi Partner City Agreement'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/actions/201408/31article1.html |title=The Prime Ministers of Japan and India Visit Kyoto|publisher=Cabinet Secretariat of Japan |date=31 August 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2017}}</ref> The text of the agreement was signed in the presence of the leaders of both nations by Mayor of [[Kyoto]] [[Daisaku Kadokawa]] and Ambassador of India to Japan Smt. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa.<ref name=Som>{{cite web|last=Som|first=Vishnu|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/to-rejuvenate-indian-cities-pm-modi-takes-first-step-with-japan-584209?ndtv_alsoread|title=To Rejuvenate Indian Cities, PM Modi Takes First Step With Japan|date=30 August 2014|publisher=NDTV.com}}</ref><br />
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On 3 December 2014, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India's [[Ministry of Urban Development]] announced the formation of an 11-member steering committee to facilitate, in line with Prime Minister Modi's directives, the modernization of water management, sewage management, waste management and urban transportation, "drawing upon Japanese expertise and technologies." The committee will also promote the "application of Japanese practices, techniques and management for conservation of rich heritage of Varanasi" and foster "exchanges between [[Kyoto University]] and [[Banares Hindu University]], as well as religious organisations."<ref name=Release>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=112476|title=Steering Committee set up to take forward Kyoto-Varanasi Partner City Agreement|accessdate=6 July 2015|date=3 December 2014|publisher=Press Information Bureau Government of India}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:India–Japan relations]]<br />
[[Category:Kyoto]]<br />
[[Category:2014 in the environment]]<br />
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[[Category:2014 in India]]<br />
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