Japan PM may cancel India trip as violence erupts at summit venue Guwahati

Guwahati, the planned venue for a summit between Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been engulfed in violent protests over a controversial citizenship law

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering canceling a trip to India that was to have started Sunday, Japan’s Jiji Press said, citing several government sources. The news came amid violent protests in India’s northeast over a new citizenship law approved by Parliament.

The cancellation would be a blow to Abe’s policy of cultivating ties with India to balance out China’s growing power in the region. Abe had been scheduled to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam's capital city Guwahati, where demonstrations agains the law have turned violent. The talks would have been the 16th between the