Jaishankar hails manifold contribution of Indian Jewish community to Indo-Israel ties

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said he was confident that the Indian Jewish community in Israel will bring the two countries even closer together in the coming years

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on October 17 met with the Indian Jewish community in Israel and hailed their manifold contribution to the ties between the two countries.

Mr. Jaishankar, who arrived in Jerusalem earlier in the day, said he was confident that the Indian Jewish community in Israel will bring the two countries even closer together in the coming years.

“This is my third visit to Israel in the last four years. But every time I return, I leave with the sense of an unfinished journey. Like India, this too is a place that requires a lifetime to discover and understand. I am, therefore, happy to be back here, in a land with which we have centuries old ties, and amidst you who are the umbilical cord nourishing these ties,” Mr. Jaishankar said addressing the Indian Jewish community in Israel and a gathering of Indologists.