JERUSALEM: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Israel on Wednesday, his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu said. “The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will arrive here; he will deliver a speech in the Knesset, and I’m sure you will all be there,” Netanyahu said Sunday at the opening of a cabinet meeting, referring to Israel’s parliament. Netanyahu hailed growing ties between the two countries.

Netanyahu praises India as a "gigantic power" while announcing strengthened alliances ahead of Modi's upcoming visit to Israel.

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