Israel Foreign Minister India go to: Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is about to arrive in India today for a three-day go to to maintain bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The Israeli minister will even attend the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India-Israel Business Forum organised by the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute scheduled to be held on May 9 in New Delhi, the CII knowledgeable in a press release.
Following his assembly with Jaishankar and attending the CII India-Israel Business Forum, Cohen will depart for Agra in the night to attend a programme scheduled to be held on May 10, in accordance to a media advisory launched by the Ministry of External Affairs. After his engagements in Agra, he’ll return to Delhi on May 10. He will journey to Mumbai on May 11 to attend a programme. He will return to Israel on May 11, in accordance to a media advisory.
His go to comes after Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat travelled to India this 12 months in April with a big enterprise delegation on a four-day official go to to strengthen bilateral ties in widespread areas of curiosity, automotive applied sciences, and fintech. In late March, Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and the parliamentary delegation too paid an official go to to India.
Earlier this month, Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon hailed the ties that the 2 international locations share and mentioned that he’s trying ahead to internet hosting the Foreign Minister quickly. “These days we are fortunate to have a series of high-level visits from Israel to India. In late March, we had the visit of the Israel speaker of the parliament Knesset, In mid -April, we had the first-ever visit of the Minister of Economy and we are expecting to host soon the Minister of Foreign Affairs and later in the year, hopefully also our Prime Minister”, mentioned the envoy. “What is common in these visits is that they return impressed by the strong sympathy and friendship between India and Israel, as well as the understanding of the growing importance of India to Israel and to the world”, he added.
Speaking in regards to the India – Israel ties, the envoy mentioned additional that the cooperation between the 2 international locations is constructed on deep belief which is clear by the cooperation in probably the most delicate fields. “I’ve never experienced before such deep appreciation, affection and friendship towards Israel as I do wherever I go in India. A similar sentiment towards India exists in the hearts of many Israelis. The cooperation between India and Israel is based on deep trust. This is evident by the wide fields of cooperation including in the most sensitive ones”, mentioned the Israeli Envoy.
While talking to ANI, Naor Gilon additionally mentioned that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is anticipated to go to India by the top of this 12 months. During his go to in April, Nir Barkat mentioned that he’s impressed by the chance of collaborating between the economies of Israel and India. In response to ANI’s query relating to his India go to, Barkat mentioned, “I’m inspired by the opportunity of collaborating between Israeli economy and the Indian economy. But prior to that, I want to mention the friendship between the people.”
He additional mentioned, “Israelis love Indians and thank God, Indians love Israelis. We have good history for 2000 years, while Jews had challenges all over the world, we always felt safe and secure living and doing business in India. And I think this is very important looking into the future.” Speaking in regards to the ties between India and Israel, Barkat mentioned each the governments of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu are ‘pleasant.’ He mentioned that India and Israel ought to give attention to enterprise progress. He additionally attended the India-Israel Business Forum the place he mentioned that Indian persons are ‘good mates’ of Israel.
“Both governments, Modi and Netanyahu, are friendly. We both understand how to take our economy to the next level. So, I’m inspired by the opportunity. Naturally, what I believe we should do now is focus on business growth and see how our technology, we’re tiny, a little country, less than 10 million people, but we have good ideas,” Nir Barkat informed ANI. In late March, Israeli Knesset speaker Amir Ohana and the parliamentary delegation visited India the place an MoU on the primary cooperation and alternate of knowledge settlement between the parliaments of Israel and India was signed. During his go to, Ohana referred to as on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the Parliament House.
Israel’s Knesset, Amir Ohana and the parliamentary delegation held a gathering with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi and mentioned bilateral ties between the 2 international locations. The two sides mentioned strengthening India-Israel ties and selling cooperation in I2U2. Notably, India and Israel celebrated 30 years of the upgradation of bilateral ties to full diplomatic relations in 2022, in accordance to the Ministry of External Affairs. India and Israel have established bilateral session mechanisms in all sectors of collaboration, together with water, agriculture, counter-terrorism, and defence.
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