External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to leave for Israel on 5-day visit
The Hindu
He will meet President, PM and business leaders during ‘intensive’ visit
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will leave for Israel on a 5-day visit on Sunday, for the first such high-level engagement with the 4-month old government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, and his first visit to the country as Minister, the MEA announced.
Mr. Jaishankar will hold bilateral talks with Foreign Minister of Israel Yair Lapid, who is also the Alternate Prime Minister, and is expected to take over the PM’s post in 2023, as part of the coalition agreement of the Government that succeeded Benjamin Netanyahu.
He is also expected to call on President Isaac Herzog, PM Bennet and Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy, all of who have taken their new posts in the past few months. Ambassador-designate to India Naor Gilon, who has yet to present his credentials in India, said the visit would be ‘intensive’.
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