 "Narendra Modi invites Naftali Bennett to visit India; Israeli PM credits PM for 'restarting relations'")
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Naftali Bennett to make an official visit to India.
This, as the Israeli prime minister credited Modi for “restarting the relations between India and Israel,” which he described as a “deep relationship between two unique cultures,” as per Haaretz.
Recalling his visibly cordial but brief meeting meeting with Bennett on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Modi said the people of India deeply value the friendship with Israel. Modi reaffirmed to work with Bennett to enhance the strong bilateral ties.
Modi was accompanied by foreign minister S Jaishankar.
In a video tweeted by Prime Minister Modi, the two leaders were seen exchanging pleasantries during their animated discussion.
Indeed!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 2, 2021
We shall continue working together for stronger bilateral ties and for a better planet.
The people of India deeply value the friendship with Israel. https://t.co/PEaJ6cFxkM
The meeting between Modi and Bennett comes after external affairs mInister S Jaishankar, during his visit to Israel last month, extended an invitation to the Israeli premier on behalf of Modi to visit India.
According to Israeli media reports, Bennett, who became prime minister in June, is likely to visit India next year. India and Israel elevated their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership during the historic visit of Prime Minister Modi to Israel in July 2017.
Since then, the relationship between the two countries has focused on expanding knowledge-based partnership, which includes collaboration in innovation and research, including boosting the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Prime Minister Modi also met Suriname President and “friend” Chan Santokhi on the sidelines of the climate summit.
“Delighted to get the opportunity to meet my friend, President Chan Santokhi of Suriname, a nation with which India has deep-rooted cultural linkages,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted.
With inputs from PTI
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