Abbas in India for 4-day visit

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi today for a four-day official visit to India upon an invitation from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Palestinian president will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and is scheduled to sign a number of memorandums in different fields of cooperation.

Abbas will visit a centre for developing advanced computer technology in order to finalise work on the establishment of the Palestine-India Techno Park that is being developed by the Indian government. Abbas is also scheduled to visit the Indian Islamic Education Centre in New Delhi.

Abbas met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia on Thursday, and US President Donald Trump in Washington last week.

Meanwhile, Trump will also be visiting both Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the month during his trip to the occupied West Bank and Israel.