February 7, 2018

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Ramallah on Saturday, becoming the first top level Indian leader to visit Palestine as his government steps up its outreach to the Arab world.

The visit follows a groundbreaking trip by the prime minister to Israel and another to New Delhi by his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr Modi will not be entering Ramallah from Israel and is instead flying to Jordan first before taking a helicopter ride from Amman to the Palestinian city.

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