NEW DELHI – “Welcome to India, my friend PM @netanyahu! Your visit to Indiais historic and special. It will further cement the close friendshipbetween our nations,” Mr. Modi tweeted in English and Hebrew.
Setting aside protocol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 14 receivedhis Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in New Delhi on asix-day visit.
Mr. Modi received Mr. Netanyahu at the airport. He welcomed Mr. Netanyahuwith a hug upon his arrival. The Israeli Prime Minister is accompanied byhis wife Sara.
“Welcome to India, my friend PM @netanyahu! Your visit to India is historicand special. It will further cement the close friendship between ournations,” Mr. Modi tweeted in English and Hebrew.
During the visit, the two leaders will hold comprehensive dialogue on avariety of issues. The two attended a ceremony at the Teen Murti Memorialin the afternoon to mark the formal renaming of Teen Murti Chowk as theTeen Murti Haifa Chowk, after the Israeli city of Haifa.
The two leaders laid a wreath and signed the visitor’s book at the memorial.
The three bronze statues at Teen Murti represent the Hyderabad, Jodhpur andMysore Lancers who were part of the 15 Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.
The brigade carried out the victorious assault on the fortified city ofHaifa on September 23, 1918, during World War I.