New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Setting aside protocol, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi today received his Israeli counterpartBenjamin Netanyahu, who arrived here on a six-day visit.
Modi received Prime Minister Netanyahu at the airport. Hewelcomed Netanyahu with a hug upon his arrival. The Israeliprime minister is accompanied by his wife Sara.
"Welcome to India, my friend PM @netanyahu! Your visit toIndia is historic and special. It will further cement theclose friendship between our nations," Modi tweeted in Englishand Hebrew.
During the visit, the two leaders will hold comprehensivedialogue on a variety of issues.
The two will attend a ceremony at the Teen Murti Memorialhere this afternoon to mark the formal renaming of Teen MurtiChowk as the Teen Murti Haifa Chowk, after the Israeli city ofHaifa.
The two leaders will lay a wreath and sign the visitor'sbook at the memorial, official sources said.
The three bronze statues at Teen Murti represent theHyderabad, Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers who were part of the 15Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.
The brigade carried out the victorious assault on thefortified city of Haifa on September 23, 1918, during WorldWar I. PTI NABSMN.
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