Video: Netanyahu receives ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan
New Delhi : On the second day of his India visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
After meeting the prominent personalities, he addressed media and said, "this is a dawn of a new era in the friendship between India and Israel."
Watch the ceremonial reception:
#WATCH Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi https://t.co/Y99tp0X6M9
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On Sunday, Netanyahu had termed India-Israel relationship as "marriage made in heaven" and also claimed that one negative vote at UN cannot change the dynamics of Indian-Israeli relations.
"I don't think one vote affects a general trend you can see in many other votes and everything and these visits," Netanyahu said when asked to comment on India's vote at UN against US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in an interview on India Today TV channel.
"Yes, naturally we were disappointed, but this visit is a testimony that our relationship is moving on so many fronts, be it political, technological, tourism, security and so many other areas. Ultimately you see it reflected in all UN votes, not just now but soon," he added.
Netanyahu is on a six-day visit to India, the first Israeli Premier to visit India after 2003 when Ariel Sharon came. Setting aside protocol, Modi went to personally receive Netanyahu.
