Joint Statement By PM Modi, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a joint statement in which both leaders promised to take bilateral ties to greater heights. Mr Netanyahu was given a ceremonial welcome today morning at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, before he held a bilateral meeting with PM Modi, who broke protocol on Sunday to receive his Israeli counterpart at the airport as he arrived in India on a six-day visit. Last night, PM Modi hosted Mr Netanyahu and his wife Sara for a private dinner minus senior officials. Mr Netanyahu has called India's relationship with Israel a "marriage made in heaven" and said that even though his country is "disappointed" by India's vote at the UN against recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, "this visit is a testimony that our relationship is moving on so many fronts forward."