After visiting Jordan and Palestine, President Pranab Mukherjee was in Jewish State Israel for enhancing cooperation between India and Israel in agriculture, defence and technology.
- With this visit he became the first Indian President to visit Israel.
ADDRESSED KNESSET
Shri Pranab Mukherjee became the first President of India to address Knesset (Israeli Parliament)
- He expressed gratitude towards Israel for backing India in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) for a permanent seat
- He also gave oration on solving conflicts in peaceful manner as a long term goal
- He underlined the “ancient linkages” which have shown a major positive shift from 1947
INDIA – ISRAEL INKED 10 MOUs TO ENHANCE COOPERATION
| MoU | Signed between | About |
| Avoidance of Double Taxation | India and Israel | To block loopholes with reference to taxes on income and on capital |
| Cultural Exchange Programme | India and Israel | Arts festivals, Plastic Arts, photography and design, Architecture Museums and Exhibitions Music, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology etc. |
| Academic cooperation | Jawaharlal Nehru University of New Delhi (JNU) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) | Promotion of better understanding b/w the faculty and students of JNU and BGU |
| Agreement of Cooperation | IIT Kharagpur And Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Offering of programmes for the development of cooperation b/w the two institutions |
| Interaction and collaboration between faculty, staff and students | IIT Kharagpur and BGU | Visits and exchange programs, Joint academic and research programs, joint supervision of doctoral and masters students |
| Academic cooperation | JNU and Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Promotion of better understanding b/w the faculty and students of JNU and HUJI |
| Academic collaboration | IIT Kharagpur and University of Haifa | To promote, facilitate and consolidate international cooperation in education and research |
| Exchange of information and academic materials | University of Delhi and BGU | Exchange academic faculty, staff visiting scholars, students & orientation services |
| Exchange Programme | University of Delhi And Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Exchange of faculty members, students, research materials and Joint research projects |
| Exchange Programme | University of Delhi and IDC, Herzilya | Exchange academic faculty, staff visiting scholars, students & orientation services |
HONORARY DOCTORATE
Hebrew University conferred Honorary Doctorate to Shri Pranab Mukherjee at an event held in Jerusalem, Israel.
- He invited Israeli scientists and researchers to participate in the transformation of India
Both nations are cooperating in the import export of precious stones, metals, machinery, minerals, plastics, chemical products, textiles, agricultural products, and transport equipment and trade grew from $200 million in 1992 to $4.39 billion in 2013.
KEYS
Israel Capital – Jerusalem
Israel Currency – Israeli new shekel
Israel PM – Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel President – Reuven Rivlin
