Describing the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel as historic, Ambassador Shyam Saran, today expressed hope that the visit would have a significant impact on taking forward the diplomatic and strategic ties between the two nations.
Ambassador Saran was speaking at a discussion organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on the eve of Prime Minister Modi’s three-day visit to Israel, celebrating 25 years of bilateral diplomatic relations, on July 3, 2017. A special issue of Strategic Analysis, the bi-monthly journal of IDSA, on ‘India-Israel Relations at 25’, edited by Director General, IDSA, Shri Jayant Prasad and Associate Fellow S. Samuel C. Rajiv was also launched.