Israeli worldwide minister cuts fast India go to as problem brews once more dwelling

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who had reached India on Tuesday morning for a three-day go to, wanted to cut back fast his journey and return dwelling after tensions escalated in Gaza following Israeli air raids that reportedly killed on the very least 13 of us, along with three commanders of the militant group Islamic Jihad.

However, he was able to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and enterprise delegates sooner than he headed once more.

“We are strengthening ties with the most populous country in the world and expanding cooperation in the fields of cyber, agriculture and water. Our cooperation will strengthen Israel’s position in the world and stability in the Middle East,” Cohen talked about after meeting Jaishankar.

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The two ministers moreover visited the Haifa memorial – which is a memorial for Indian troopers who fell in battles in Israel all through World War 1.

“We had a productive and wide-ranging discussions. The main pillars of our strategic partnership are agriculture, water, defence and security – which are taking our ties forward. We discussed cooperation in high tech digital and innovation and also connectivity, mobility, tourism, finance and health. We also initiated an agreement in the area of mobility,” talked about Jaishankar.

Cohen’s journey is the third high-level go to by senior Israeli officers in decrease than three months, after Israeli parliament speaker Amir Ohana in late March and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in April.

These visits had been seen as getting ready the underside for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s journey to India later this yr.

NEW DELHI: Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who had reached India on Tuesday morning for a three-day go to, wanted to cut back fast his journey and return dwelling after tensions escalated in Gaza following Israeli air raids that reportedly killed on the very least 13 of us, along with three commanders of the militant group Islamic Jihad.

However, he was able to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and enterprise delegates sooner than he headed once more.

“We are strengthening ties with the most populous country in the world and expanding cooperation in the fields of cyber, agriculture and water. Our cooperation will strengthen Israel’s position in the world and stability in the Middle East,” Cohen talked about after meeting Jaishankar.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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The two ministers moreover visited the Haifa memorial – which is a memorial for Indian troopers who fell in battles in Israel all through World War 1.

“We had a productive and wide-ranging discussions. The main pillars of our strategic partnership are agriculture, water, defence and security – which are taking our ties forward. We discussed cooperation in high tech digital and innovation and also connectivity, mobility, tourism, finance and health. We also initiated an agreement in the area of mobility,” talked about Jaishankar.

Cohen’s journey is the third high-level go to by senior Israeli officers in decrease than three months, after Israeli parliament speaker Amir Ohana in late March and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in April.

These visits had been seen as getting ready the underside for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s journey to India later this yr.