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Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition question to Israel connected a two-day sojourn from February 25 to 26, sources said connected Monday (February 16, 2026).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu archetypal broke quality of Mr Modi's visit portion addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations connected Sunday (February 15).
“Parliament code connected the anvil. Who's coming present adjacent week? Narendra Modi,” Mr. Netanyahu told the gathering.
“Tremendous confederation betwixt Israel and India, and we are going to sermon each sorts of cooperation. Now, you know, India is not a tiny country. It has 1.4 cardinal people. India is enormously powerful, enormously popular,” helium stressed.
A root successful Jerusalem told PTI that PM Modi's sojourn is “likely to beryllium abbreviated from February 25 to 26”, but “its interaction is heavy fixed the popularity Modi enjoys not lone successful Israel but astir the world”.
While the programme astir the sojourn is being worked out, Mr. Modi is expected to code the Israeli Knesset (parliament).
Mr. Modi is apt to interaction upon each issues of bilateral and determination involvement during his two-day visit.
This would beryllium his 2nd sojourn to Israel, the archetypal being successful July 2017, which was besides the archetypal ever by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish state.
The high-profile sojourn of the Indian Prime Minister comes connected the heels of respective different high-level ministerial exchanges from some sides.
Minister of Tourism Haim Katz, Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Avi Dichter, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visited India past twelvemonth arsenic the strategical partners built up momentum to motion a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The 2 countries signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during Smotrich's sojourn and past a Terms of Reference (TOR) starring to FTA during the sojourn of Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to Israel successful November.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Israel successful December erstwhile helium called upon Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Barkat.
In November, India and Israel inked a landmark statement to heighten defence, industrial, and technological cooperation, enabling the sharing of precocious exertion to beforehand co-development and co-production.
The Joint Working Group (JWG) of Israel and India met successful Tel Aviv successful November for their yearly meeting, led by the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) Director General Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram and Indian Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.
“This strategical dialog with India takes spot astatine a captious juncture for some countries. Our strategical concern is based connected heavy communal spot and shared information interests. We presumption India arsenic a first-rate strategical spouse and are determined to proceed deepening practice successful the fields of defence, technology, and industry,” Mr. Baram had said aft the meeting.
Separately, a peculiar sheet was held with the CEOs of large defence industries, during which innovative and groundbreaking Israeli technologies were presented, on with ideas and projects aimed astatine deepening industrial-defence partnerships betwixt Israel's defence industries and India.
“A wide scope of areas for practice person been identified successful the statement that volition payment some countries. Important areas see associated planning, training, defence concern cooperation, and capabilities including Science & Technology, Research & Development, Technological Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security cooperation,” a defence root told PTI.
“It volition alteration sharing of precocious exertion and would assistance beforehand co-development and co-production”, helium said.
The teams had besides deliberated connected assorted issues of communal concern, including shared challenges of terrorism.
