JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to India on a four-day visit in January to meet the country's top leadership, six months after his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi made a maiden visit to the Jewish state, informed sources said.Netanyahu would be received by Modi in Ahmedabad on his arrival on January 14, the sources said.He would be the second Israeli premier to visit India since diplomatic ties were established between the two sides in 1992. His visit would be happening almost 15 years after the first visit by then prime minister Ariel Sharon in 2003.Modi has in the past welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan'a Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inhis home state.Netanyahu would then be holding most of his official meetings in New Delhi on January 15 and 16. There could also be a possible stopover in Agra during the visit. "In the past year, I have visited all continents besides Antarctica," Netanyahu said at the opening of the Knesset's (Israeli parliament) winter session last month. "And in January, I will make a reciprocal visit to my dear good friend, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, whose population is a significant part of humanity," he added.Modi's standalone visit to Israel in July this year celebrated 25 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Source: Times of India November 23, 2017 12:00 UTC