Netanyahu discusses cooperation with India’s Foreign Minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday.

In a statement the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said that the two officials discussed bilateral cooperation on a broad range of issues including security, science and technology, research and innovation, agriculture and water as well as increasing cooperation via the business sector in both countries.

Netanyahu said that Israel wants maximum cooperation with India, in all areas.

Swaraj raised the possibility of increasing the number of Indian students in Israeli institutions of higher education.

She said: “Our bilateral cooperation has developed well in a number of areas over the past two decades, but the potential of our relations is much more.”

The Indian minister is on a three day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

On Sunday, Swaraj visited Ramallah in the West Bank, where she met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki.

During a speech at Al-Quds University she said: “India’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and its principled support to the Palestinian cause is rooted in our own freedom struggle.”

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