India-Israel Partnership Stronger Than Ever: Netanyahu Calls Modi A Revolutionary Leader

Netanyahu said PM Modi has revolutionized India in the sense of the world and also the Indo-Israel relationship.

The two leaders were addressing the nation in a joint press conference at Hyderabad earlier today.

Modi reciprocated his friend Bibi’s (as Netanyahu is fondly called in Israel) compliment and affections by greeting him in Hebrew and showing his affection for Netanyahu.

“Last year in July I carried the greetings of 1.25 billion Indians during my momentous journey to Israel. In return I was overwhelmed by the generous warmth and affection of the Israeli People led by my friend Bibi,” Indian PM Modi said in his statement.

 Netanyahu’s visit to India from 14 to 19 January closes a momentous twenty-fifth anniversary year of India-Israel relationship and its growing partnership.

During the statement, the two PM’s briefed the nation on the various issues of mutual co-operation that were discussed during their restricted meeting.

As per an MEA (Ministry Of External Affairs) release, Both sides are working together on a Five Year Joint Work Plan for strategic cooperation in Agriculture and Water. Both sides have also agreed to deepen cooperation in innovation, business, and trade, space, homeland security and cyber, higher education and research, science and technology, tourism and culture.

A MoU was signed for cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The two Prime Ministers welcomed the initiation of cooperation between India and Israel in the energy sector. The MoU sector that will promote, inter alia, collaboration in the upstream sectors, research, and development in future technologies and start-ups in oil and gas.

The leaders also noted the intention of Indian public sector companies and Israeli companies to begin collaboration in the areas of metal-air batteries for stationary energy storage systems and in solar thermal technologies and urge industry on both sides to explore business collaboration in new energy technologies.

“Today and yesterday we reviewed the progress in our relations and renewed our relations on the opportunities that beckon us,” Modi stressed.