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Defence, trade and Bollywood: Netanyahu visits India

2018-01-15 00:12:12       source:Aljazeera

January 14, 2018


Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in India on a six-day trip, becoming the second Israeli prime minister to visit New Delhi since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.


In a move described by the Indian foreign ministry as a "departure from protocol", Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Netanyahu at the Delhi airport on Sunday.


It is Netanyahu's first official trip to the South Asian country.


"The visit is a fitting culmination to the silver jubilee year of the formal relationship," foreign ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Twitter.


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