Israel eager to share technology with India

Netanyahu conveyed this to Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh during their hour-long meeting here Thursday.

"Netanyahu briefed the home minister on technologies that had been developed by Israel in areas such as aviation security, border protection and water harvesting.

"He said Israel was ready and willing to discuss transfer and development of such technologies with India," a home ministry statement said.

The statement also said a delegation from the Israeli industry would be happy to visit India to explore manufacturing opportunities in different sectors.

In this context, Rajnath Singh also mentioned the possibility of exploring third country markets in Africa and Latin America, where Indian industry has a strong presence.

Rajnath Singh left for Monaco Nov 3 to attend an Interpol ministerial meeting and general assembly.

As a part of the tour, the minister is also visiting Israel and France to discuss security related bilateral issues.

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News

Rajnath Singh meets Netanyahu to bolster Indo-Israel

Welcoming Singh, Netanyahu said, "Indians and Israelis share the combination of ingenuity and continuity."

The Home Minister sought closer ties with the country saying, "Israel plays a major role in world politics". Singh, who is here for his first bilateral visit, earlier tweeted, "India and Israel share very warm & cordial bilateral relations. We look forward to strengthen it further."

Singh, who arrived here last night, was scheduled to arrive yesterday morning but had to reschedule his plans after his flight from Monaco was cancelled due to bad weather. The Minister was in Monaco to attend Interpol's General Assembly. Despite the unexpected change in Singh's plans, the Israeli government rolled out a red carpet in welcoming him with Netanyahu, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich re-adjusting their tight schedules to meet him.

Singh started his Israel visit by visiting Holy sites in the old city of Jerusalem.     The Home Minister then left for a helicopter tour of the Jordan Valley and Israel's northern and southern region with National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen to get a sense of the security situation in the country.

Cohen had recently met Singh in New Delhi and discussed "common challenges" faced by the two countries and their solutions, emphasising his country's "willingness to expand cooperation in all fields and in any level."

"India is a very important ally for us and we view the Home Minister's visit as very significant. We are looking forward to fruitful discussions that will strengthen cooperation between the two countries," a senior Israeli official said.

It is the first visit of an Indian Home Minister to Israel since June 2000 when L K Advani visited Jerusalem, marking an upsurge in bilateral cooperation. Singh's visit comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Netanyahu on the sidelines of the
UN General Assembly in New York in September.

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News

Rajnath Singh arrives in Israel to strengthen security ties

Singh was scheduled to arrive here yesterday morning but had to reschedule his plans after his flight from Monaco was cancelled due to stormy weather. He finally reached Israel only at 10 PM local time.

The Minister was in Monaco to attend Interpol's General Assembly.

Despite the unexpected change in Singh's plans, Israel has rolled out a red carpet welcome for him going out of the way to accommodate his revised schedule and the Prime Minister's Office here was quick to set up his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"India is a very important ally for us and we view the Home Minister's visit as very significant. We are looking forward to fruitful discussions that will strengthen cooperation between the two countries", a senior Israeli government source told.

It will be the first visit of an Indian Home Minister to Israel since June 2000 when L K Advani visited Jerusalem, marking an upsurge in bilateral cooperation.

Singh's visit comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York in September.

During that meeting, Netanyahu had said that 'sky is the limit' in terms of prospects of cooperation between the two countries, seeking 'greater and greater' ties with India.

Singh will also be meeting Israel's Minister of Public
Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, and National Security Adviser (NSA), Yossi Cohen, who would accompany him on a helicopter tour of bordering areas.

India and Israel have signed three agreements related to homeland security which covers important areas such as cooperation in preventing organized crime, human trafficking, cyber crimes, money laundering, counter-terrorism and fight against spread of fake currency notes.

Cohen had last month met Singh, NSA Ajit Doval and senior diplomats at the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi to discuss 'common challenges' faced by the two countries and their solutions, emphasizing his country's 'willingness to expand cooperation in all fields and in any level.'

India is Israel's largest purchaser of defence equipments and the Jewish state is the second largest supplier of arms and armaments for New Delhi, next only to Russia.

Singh will also try to impress upon Israel Defence Industries to take advantage of the new policies to manufacture in India as per Modi's 'Make in India' initiative and assure them of a simple regulatory framework to obtain clearances within a stipulated time frame.

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News

Rajnath Singh meets Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

These were: strategic partnership, scaling of trade and investment, speeding connectivity including air and maritime, skill development, smart cities including urban development with waste and water management, state's focus to forge cultural and economic ties, the release said.

While meeting Teo, the home minister appreciated cooperation from Singapore in the field of security and police cooperation, economic and culture cooperation.

He was accompanied by an Indian delegation that included Indcia's Ambassador to France Arun Kumar Singh, CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Joint secretary in the home ministry Bhagwan Shankar.

The home minister underscored the fact that Singapore is a vital partner for India as its gateway to ASEAN countries."With regard to legal cooperation, Rajnath Singh requested that the pending Letter of Rogatories in Singapore should be looked into on priority," the release said.

The CBI director emphasised on exchange of faculty and training towards capacity building of police officers of India and Singapore. He also proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Singapore on this issue.

Rajnath Singh on Monday left for Monaco to attend the third Interpol ministerial meeting and general assembly, scheduled Nov 3-7, on the agenda "Turn Back Crime: 100 years of International Police Cooperation".

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News

Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Lucknow today

After being sworn-in as Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh will be visiting his parliamentary constituency Lucknow on Friday for the first time.

Singh, who was earlier a Member of Parliament from Lucknow, contested and won election from Lucknow in 2014 General Elections.

During the visit, Singh will attend a few functions in the Uttar Pradesh capital where he is expected to be felicitated by party workers.

The former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Singh will on Sunday attend the swearing in ceremony of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister of residuary Andhra Pradesh, sources said.

Source: News in Hindi

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