Shalom Namaste: Modi-Netanyahu bonhomie on display on first day of visit

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is the second Israeli prime minister to visit India in the last 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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   In a departure from protocol, PM Narendra Modi personally received Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport on his 6-day visit to India. (Source: Prem Nath Pandey)

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   PM Modi will host a private dinner for the Israeli leader, who will also visit Gujarat and Mumbai. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

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   Bilateral talks between India and Israel is scheduled for Monday, and all eyes are on the “substance” of the visit. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

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   PM Netanyahu joined PM Modi at the Teen Murti Memorial, the two leaders will lay a wreath, and sign the visitor’s book. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

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   The ceremony will also mark the formal renaming of Teen Murti Chowk as the Teen Murti Haifa Chowk by the NDMC. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

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   The three bronze statues at Teen Murti represent the Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers who were part of the 15 Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

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   Netanyahu’s visit comes six months after PM Narendra Modi became the first-ever Indian PM to visit Israel. He is the second Israeli prime minister to visit India in the last 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. (Source: Narendra Modi/Twitter)