India: Israeli PM Bennett to make first official visit to India on April 2

NEW DELHI, 23 March 2022, (TON): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will visit India on April 2.

A statement released by his office said “this is Bennett’s first official visit to India after he became the prime minister in June.”

Bennett said “I am delighted to pay my first official visit to India at the invitation of my friend, Prime Minister Modi, and together we will continue leading the way for our countries’ relations.”

“Modi restarted relations between India and Israel, and this is of historic importance.”

The two first interacted physically on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in October after which Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Bennett to pay an official visit to the country.

The statement said “this visit will reaffirm the important connection between the countries and the leaders, and will mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of relations between Israel and India.”

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