PM Narendra Modi and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu seek to strengthen India-Israel relationship.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel, has concluded his three-day visit to the country. During his visit, PM Modi has held talks with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. The leaders are seeking to strengthen India-Israel relationship on a range of areas including defence and technology. Wide-ranging delegation-level talks have been held between the two countries to enhance India-Israel ties in security, agriculture, water, energy and defence, among others. PM Modi and Prime Minister Netanyahu also discussed measures to counter terrorism and increase cooperation in sharing of intelligence in this regard. Economic, cultural and people-to-people ties are being discussed and a number of agreements have been signed between India and Israel. From Israel, PM Modi left for Germany to participate in the G20 Summit in Hamburg.
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"This is the final resting place for 44 of the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War I to liberate the city," PM Modi had said before visiting the site.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Indian cemetery in the Israeli city of Haifa and paid homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War 1 while protecting the city from the powerful forces of the Ottoman Empire.
