Modi’s Israel Visit and Question of Muslims
R K SINHA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Israel visit beginning July 4 is important and historic. The visit assumes significance since this visit coincides when India and Israel are celebrating silver jubilee of their bilateral ties. Modi will be first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel although Modi had visited Tel Aviv earlier as chief minister of Gujrat.
Though it was in 1992 when India and Israel established full diplomatic relations, no Indian President or Prime Minister visited Israel till date. In 2003 Aerial Sharon the then Prime Minister of Israel had visited India. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit New Delhi. It was Sharon who entered into bilateral trade and defense relations with India. Credit goes to him.
A New Beginning of Ties
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