Israeli Prime Minister link NaftaliBennett has put off a trip link planned forlater this week to India link, his officesaid on Tuesday, after he tested positive for Covidlink.
“Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s trip link to India link has been postponed and willbe rescheduled,” the office said in a statement.
The three-day trip link, organised after aninvitation from India link Prime Ministerlink Modi, had beenscheduled to start on Sunday.
It had been set to mark 30 years since the two nations establisheddiplomatic ties, Bennett’s office said.
On Monday, the prime minister linkoffice said Bennett had tested positive for Covid-19 but was “feeling welland will continue his schedule as planned from his home”.
It was to have been Bennett’s first official triplink to Indialink.
Modi visited Israel link in 2017 and formerIsraeli prime minister link BenjaminNetanyahu paid a reciprocal visit a year later.
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Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, who had been scheduled to fly to Indialink meet his counterpart in a separatevisit this week, also delayed his trip link.
India link has historically been a vocalsupporter of the Palestinians, but it has drawn closer to Israellink in recent years, in part via buyingmilitary hardware from Israel link.
On Monday top diplomats from Israel link,Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Egypt and the United States metat a landmark summit in southern Israel link.
Palestinians say Arab states are betraying their cause by abandoning adecades-long policy of boycotting Israellink until the Israeli-Palestinian conflictis resolved.
