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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu connected Wednesday held an "excellent" gathering during which they discussed a wide scope of issues aimed astatine boosting bilateral ties and cardinal developments successful the region.
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Mr. Modi, who is visiting Israel for the 2nd clip successful 9 years, was received by Mr. Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, astatine the airport. The Prime Minister received a red-carpet invited and a defender of honour astatine the Ben Gurion International Airport.
The 2 leaders held a backstage gathering astatine the airdrome aft the welcoming ceremony.
"Had an fantabulous gathering with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Expressed gratitude to him for the lukewarm invited earlier successful the day. It is simply a delight to beryllium backmost successful Israel aft 9 years," Mr. Modi said successful a station connected 'X'.
"We discussed a wide scope of subjects aimed astatine boosting bilateral ties. Sectors specified arsenic technology, h2o management, agriculture, endowment concern and much connection immense scope for adjacent collaboration. We besides discussed cardinal developments successful the region," helium said.
Mr. Modi earlier said helium was looking guardant to "engaging successful bilateral discussions and fruitful outcomes that fortify the India-Israel friendship".
The Prime Minister said helium was "deeply touched by the lukewarm invited extended by my friend, PM Netanyahu. May the India-Israel relationship proceed to soar higher!"
Mr. Netanyahu said helium and Mr. Modi stock a "close idiosyncratic relationship, talk often, and I judge that the heavy relationship betwixt america powerfully reflects connected the ties betwixt our 2 countries."
"Tomorrow we volition sojourn Yad Vashem, and afterwards clasp different gathering unneurotic with our teams, during which we volition motion a bid of agreements successful the economic, security, and diplomatic spheres that volition further beforehand practice betwixt Israel and India," helium added.
When Mr. Modi arrived astatine the Hotel King David successful Jerusalem, helium was welcomed by the members of the Indian community, which included Indian-origin Jews, students, professionals and workers.
Indian and Israeli artists presented colourful taste performances, including accepted Thiruvathira creation recital from Kerala, Israeli people creation Hava Nagila and Rajasthan's Ghoomer. Specially-abled singers besides performed connected the occasion.
Mr. Modi's sojourn assumed greater value arsenic it is taking spot amid the ongoing tensions successful the Middle East, including deteriorating ties betwixt the U.S. and Iran.
The India-Israel narration was elevated to the level of strategical concern during his archetypal sojourn to that state successful July 2017.
There has been an upswing successful India-Israel ties successful the past fewer years, including successful areas specified arsenic defence, technological research, cybersecurity and innovation.
