Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Israel, met Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday.
“The President of Israel welcomed me so warmly, he broke protocol. This is a mark of respect for the people of India,” PM Narendra Modi said on Twitter.
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“It is a privilege to meet President Rivlin again today. I fondly recall his visit to India last November when he charmed us with his affable manner and desire to do more with India,” Modi wrote in the guest book at the Presdient's residence.
“President Rivlin is admired in India for his unstinting belief and common good of mankind, I thank him for his friendship and his warm hospitality,” wrote Modi, who is the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.
Rivlin said India and Israel will turn out to be great allies and their cooperation will only deepen on various fronts.
Modi will also meet Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli child who survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attack as a two-year-old, and his Indian nanny Sandra Samuels, who was later awarded honourary citizenship of Israel.
He is the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel to mark 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Jerusalem.
Modi left for Israel on Tuesday on a three-day visit – the first ever trip by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish state.
(With inputs from agencies)
