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Thursday, February 26, 2026
Alongside Modi, Netanyahu says India, Israel ‘bent on innovation’ with ‘concrete plans’ in ag, tech
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Making a statement to the press alongside visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasizes India and Israel’s intention to promote cooperation in the fields of agriculture, technology and government.
Following an expanded meeting with their teams, Netanyahu says, “We spoke about cooperation with the extraordinarily talented people of India and our people, and we’re working this into concrete plans.”
He highlights “precision agriculture” and “software and AI” as fields that the two countries plan to collaborate on.
The two countries signed 16 bilateral memorandums of understanding primarily in the fields of innovation and technology at the event.
“Israel and India are bent on innovation,” Netanyahu continues, adding that the countries also plan to increase cooperation between their governments: “We’ve decided to have a [government-to-government] meeting in India as soon as we can arrange it.”
Netanyahu reiterates his personal connection with Modi, telling him “how deeply and from the heart we feel both our personal friendship and the friendship between our governments and our peoples, and may this continue and flourish and strengthen, as I’m sure it will as a result of this visit.”
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