New Delhi: Israel on Tuesday dismissed media reports claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had postponed his scheduled visit to India due to security concerns. It said the Israeli leader has “full confidence” in India’s security system and that both sides are coordinating on new dates for the visit.
The Israeli PM’s office said in a social media post, “Israel’s relationship with India, and the relationship between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is very strong.” It said, “The PM has full confidence in India’s security under PM Modi, and teams are already coordinating a new visit date.” A section of the Israeli media had previously reported that Netanyahu, who was scheduled to visit New Delhi in December on his first official visit to India since 2018, had postponed the visit due to security concerns following the terror attack in Delhi earlier this month.
Sources told PTI that these reports were “speculative” and “misleading,” and that efforts were underway to finalize mutually agreed dates for Netanyahu’s visit.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal also recently visited Israel and conveyed PM Narendra Modi’s greetings to Netanyahu and updated him on his talks with Minister Nir Barkat and the outcome of the Business Forum and CEOs Forum.
