India, Palestine sign six MoUs on education, health during Narendra Modi's visit to Ramallah

Ramallah: In keeping with India’s role as a major development aid partner for Palestine, the two sides on Saturday signed six memorandums of understanding (MoUs), including in the areas of health and education, following a bilateral meeting between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. An MoU was signed for setting up of an India-Palestine super-specialty hospital at Beit Sahour in Bethelhem governorate at a cost of $30 million. [caption id=“attachment_4345091” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Twiiter @PMOIndia[/caption] A second MoU was signed for construction of the India-Palestine centre for empowering women called “Turathi” at a cost of $5 million. Another MoU was signed for setting up of a new National Printing Press at Ramallah at a cost of $5 million. Two MoUs worth $1.1 million and $1 million envisage construction of two schools at Tamoon village in Tubas governorate and Muthalth Al Shuhada village respectively. A sixth MoU was signed for the construction of an additional floor at Jawahar Lal Nehru School for Boys at Abu Dees. Prime Minister Modi arrived earlier in the day on a three-hour visit, the first ever by an Indian prime minister to Palestine. Palestine is the first leg of Modi’s three-nation tour of West Asia and the Gulf that will also see him going to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.