PM Modi is great leader, a world leader : Netanyahu

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi arrived at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, on July 4, 2017. As part of an elaborate official welcome ceremony, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu received PM Modi on arrival. Prime Minister Modi inspected a ceremonial Guard of Honour.

Prime Minister Netanyahu began his press statement with the Hindi words “आपका स्वागत है मेरे दोस्त.” He said the Prime Minister is welcomed with open arms and even the sky is not the limit for co-operation between the two countries. He described the Prime Minister Modi as a great leader and a “world leader.”

Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi began with the Hebrew greeting “Shalom le’kulam”. He went on to add in Hebrew “I am delighted to be here in Israel.” He recalled the Israeli operation at Entebbe, exactly 41 years ago on July 4, when Prime Minister Netanyahu’s elder brother had laid down his life while saving many Israeli hostages. ” In our path of sustained high growth and all around development, India counts Israel among its important partners,” PM Modi said, according to a PIB release.

Alongside building a partnership for shared economic prosperity, we are also co-operating to secure our societies against common threats such as terrorism, PM Modi added. Expressing his keenness to meet the Indian diaspora in Israel, he said Jews of Indian origin have enriched both our societies, according to the PIB release.