Rajnath in Israel to bolster bilateral ties

Tel Aviv: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu and held discussions to strengthen India’s “very warm” relations with the Jewish state. Welcoming Singh, Netanyahu said, “Indians and Israelis share the combination of ingenuity and continuity.”  The Home Minister, who is on his first bilateral visit, earlier tweeted, “India and Israel share very warm & cordial bilateral relations. We look forward to strengthen it further.”  Singh started his Israel visit by visiting Holy sites in the old city of Jerusalem. The Home Minister then left for a helicopter tour of the Jordan Valley and Israel’s northern and southern region with National Security Adviser to get a sense of the security situation in the country.