New Delhi: India and Israel on Monday signed nine Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) across various fields to further strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.
The two sides exchanged MoUs on:
– Cybersecurity cooperation
– Cooperation in oil and gas sector between petroleum and energy ministries
– Protocol on amendments to air transport agreement
– Agreement on film co-production
– Cooperation in the field of research in homoeopathic medicine
– Cooperation in the field of space
– Letter of intent between Invest India and Invest in Israel
– Cooperation in the area of metal batteries
– Cooperation in the area of concentrated solar thermal energies.
The MoUs were exchanged in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The two leaders then issued a joint statement emphasising on the new and strong bilateral ties between the two countries.
Earlier, the leaders held delegation-level talks and discussed the ever-growing cooperation in all aspects of the bilateral relationship between the two sides.
Netanyahu, who is on a six-day visit to India, received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Monday.
He said that this is “the dawn of a new era in the friendship between India and Israel”.
The Israeli premier is accompanied by his wife Sara and a 130-member delegation from various sectors, including cyber, agriculture and defence.
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They also laid the wreath and paid tribute at the Chowk.
Netanyahu will be visiting Agra, Gujarat and Mumbai and will be accompanied by the Indian Prime Minister on extensive portions of his visit.