India and Israel will review the entire spectrum of their growing bilateral ties during the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to New Delhi next week. The visit will set the tone for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s likely visit to India later this year.
Cohen will be on a three-day visit to India from May 9 to 11 during which he will hold discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The Israeli Minister will visit Mumbai for a day.
It is the third high-level visit by senior Israeli officials in less than three months, coming in quick succession after Knesset (Israeli parliament) speaker Amir Ohana’s trip at the end of March-early April and also Economy Minister Nir Barkat’s visit to India last month.
Cohen will be accompanied by a business delegation. Collaboration in the field of innovation with a focus on agriculture and water management is likely to prominently feature in discussions during the Israeli foreign minister’s visit. He will also be advancing a consular agreement being worked out to bring Indian workers to Israel to work in the construction sector.
The high-level visits are being seen as a prelude to the much-anticipated visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to India later this year.