The Indian Prime Minister is on a three-nation visit starting today and his first stop is Palestine. Here’s a quick look at what’s up in the tour of Palestine.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first engagement after arriving in Ramallah will be to lay a wreath at the Mausoleum of Late President Yasser Arafat.
He will be accompanied by his Palestinian counterpart, Rami Hamdallah.
The Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat was unveiled on November 10, 2007 and is located adjacent to the compound of Presidential Headquarters (Al-Muqata’a).
Next, he will take a short tour with the Palestinian PM, of the Yasser Arafat Museum located adjacent to the Mausoleum.
This will be the Indian Prime Minister’s maiden trip to Palestine. He will be received by President Mahmoud Abbas before the ceremonial welcome in the compound of the Presidential Headquarters, also known as Muqata’a.
The Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah is the compound that encompasses the Office of the President, offices of Advisors to President and is the headquarter of the Presidential Guard.
The Prime Minister on his first day of the three-nation tour will hold meetings and exchange agreements with ministers in Ramallah in West Bank.
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Palestine comes a month after India hosted Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
On February 9, Modi arrived in Jordan, on his way to Palestine. The PM’s office expressed gratitude to King Abdullah II of Jordan for facilitating the transit.
After Palestine, the Prime Minister would visit United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
He will leave for the UAE tomorrow and then for Muscat on February 11, before returning to Delhi the following day.
The former President, Pranab Mukherjee and the External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj had earlier visited Palestine in October 2015 and January 2016 respectively.