PM Modi’s Upcoming Israel Visit Described as ‘a Significant Milestone’

July 3, 2017

Describing the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel as historic, Ambassador Shyam Saran, today expressed hope that the visit would have a significant impact on taking forward the diplomatic and strategic ties between the two nations.

Ambassador Saran was speaking at a discussion organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on the eve of Prime Minister Modi’s three-day visit to Israel, celebrating 25 years of bilateral diplomatic relations, on July 3, 2017. A special issue of Strategic Analysis, the bi-monthly journal of IDSA, on ‘India-Israel Relations at 25’, edited by Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad and Associate Fellow S. Samuel C. Rajiv was also launched.

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