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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to the Delhi airport today received Benjamin Netanyahu, the first  Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in more than a decade. Accompanied by a 130-member business delegation, Mr Netanyahu is in India on a six-day visit, during which the two nations hope to deepen ties in trade and defence. The Israeli PM will hold comprehensive talks with PM Modi and also visit his home state Gujarat, where the two leaders will hold a joint road show on Wednesday. The Israeli PM will also visit Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Agra. On January 15, he will meet with the Indo-Israeli CEO forum in New Delhi and address a separate business event. He will deliver a speech at the Raisina Dialogue on January 16. Mr Netanyahu will also meet President Ram Nath Kovind.

PM Narendra Modi had visited the Jewish state in July last year, becoming the first Indian premier to do so.

Here are the highlights of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's India visit:

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