President of India Pranab Mukherjee Historic State Visit to Israel

President Pranab Mukherjee's State Visit to Israel

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    The visit marks an historic political milestone as the first such visit by an Indian president.
    Israel views with high importance the developing relations with India, and is delighted by the occasion of the first visit of an Indian president to Israel.
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    15 Oct 2015
    PM Netanyahu and with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee discussed bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, technology, innovation and agriculture, as well as counterterrorism and advanced policing methods.   
     Knesset holds special session for Indian President Mukherjee 
    14 Oct 2015
    President Mukherjee:" We admire the will and resolve you have shown in building your nation under difficult circumstances. As we approach the 25th anniversary of full diplomatic relations, we seek to expand the vision of our future partnership."

     PM Netanyahu addresses special Knesset session in honor of President of India Mukherjee

     
    14 Oct 2015
    For the first time, an Indian President has come to Israel - the president of the largest democracy in the world coming to the only democracy in the Middle East. There is a price Israel and India pay for being two pluralistic democracies.
     
     
    14 Oct 2015
    President Rivlin: "We regard this visit as an opportunity. The many achievements of the relations between our two countries so far are very impressive, but we are still far from realizing the full potential." 
     
    14 Oct 2015
    President Rivlin: "We are together today, making history - Indians and Israelis are working together - to safeguard the environment, to develop academic study, and we are working to keep our peoples safe in the face of terrorism and fundamentalism."
     
    13 Oct 2015
    President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Yad Vashem is the first visit of its kind by a president of India.
     
     
     President Pranab Mukherjee laid wreath at Mount Herzl  
    14.10.2015
    Named after Binyamin Ze'ev (Theodor) Herzl, visionary of the Jewish State, Mount Herzl is the location of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside Jerusalem Forest. Resting Place of Great Leaders of the Nation: Israel's presidents, prime ministers, speakers of the Knesset and other dignitaries, decided upon by the government, are interred here. Israeli Protocol invites Foreign Dignitaries to lay a wreath at the tomb of Herzl.
     
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    President of India Pranab Mukherjee to arrive on state visit

    12.10.2015

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    The President of India, H.E. Pranab Mukherjee, will arrive in Israel on Tuesday 13 October 2015 for a three-day state visit to Israel, at the invitation of President of Israel, H.E. Reuven Rivlin. The visit marks an historic political milestone as the first such visit by an Indian president to the State of Israel, and this reflects the continued strengthening of relations between the two countries.
     
     
    The President of India will receive an official reception at the Israeli President's Residence, after which the two heads of state will hold a working 
     
    meeting. Later, President Rivlin will host a state dinner in honor of President Mukherjee's visit.
     
                                                                                                                  
    Speaking of the visit, President Rivlin said, "The upcoming visit of the President of India, more than being an important milestone in the relationship of the two countries, will serve to deepen the friendship between our states, in the fields of economy, science, medicine, and agriculture. I am looking forward to the meeting, which will represent one of the highlights of the relationship between the Israeli and Indian peoples."
     
     
    President Mukherjee's itinerary will also include a luncheon with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as meetings with Speaker of theKnesset Yuli Edelstein, and with Chairman of the Opposition Isaac Herzog. Similarly, President Mukherjee is due to deliver an address at a special plenary meeting of the Israeli Knesset.
     
     
    The visit will conclude with a ceremony at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, where President Mukherjee will receive an honorary doctorate – marking the ongoing academic cooperation between the two countries.
     
     
    Israel views with high importance the developing relations with India, and is delighted by the occasion of the first visit of an Indian president to Israel.
     
     
    On October 15, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will confer an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree upon Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. The award will be conferred in recognition of President Mukherjee's longtime exemplary public service as a leading diplomat and champion of social and financial reform; in tribute to his steadfast commitment to higher education; and in appreciation of his longstanding advocacy of the relationship with the State of Israel.