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Live: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu presents a special gift to `friend` PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday reached the Sabarmati Ashram and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi shortly after they began their mega roadshow in Ahmedabad.
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Israeli PM presents a special gift to PM Modi - the Gal-Mobile water desalination & purification jeep, which the two leaders rode on Israel's Olga beach last year.
I am delighted to be here. The world knows about iPads and iPods, there is on more 'i' that the world needs to know about, that is iCreate: Israel PM
PM Modi and Netanyahu, with his wife Sara, at icreate centre in Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi, Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at icreate Centre in Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad.
Watch: PM Modi teaches his friend Netanyahu tricks of kite flying at Sabarmati Ashram.
Here some more pictures of the rousing welcome accorded to the visiting Israeli leader and his wife.
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Watch: Israeli PM Netanyahu and his wife fly a kite at Sabarmati ashram in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu fly a kite at Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram.
Watch: PM Modi helps Israeli PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu spin a 'charkha' at the Sabarmati Ashram.
Some more pics of PM Modi with Israeli leader Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi, Israelis PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu visit Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi and Netanyahu arrive at the Sabarmati Ashram here, greeted by supporters upon arrival.
-PM Modi and Israeli leader Netanyahu's convoy on its way to Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart attend cultural programmes at the airport.
In Pics: Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrive in Ahmedabad. They were received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
-The two leaders will hold an open jeep roadshow in Ahmedabad shortly.
-PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart Netanyhau have arrived in Ahmedabad for roadshow.
Jews in Gujarat had extended an invite to PM Benjamin Netanyahu to visit their synagogue but since that could not be factored in, they have arrived in large numbers to greet him, his wife Sara and PM Modi in Ahmedabad.
Jews community in Gujarat super excited to welcome Isreali PM and his wife in Ahmedabad.
PM Modi will receive Israel PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Ahmedabad airport in a short while.
PM Modi was received by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and top state officials upon his arrival in Ahmedabad.
PM Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu arrive in Ahmedabad, to hold a roadshow here shortly.
Preparations underway for the inauguration of Icreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad.
The two leaders are expected to arrive at the airport around 10:30 am where they will be received by the top ministers of the Vijay Rupani government here.
Israeli snipers, Chetak commandos to guard PM Modi, Netanyahu during Ahmedabad roadshow.
-Netanyahu had arrived in India on Sunday on a six-day visit. India and Israel have earlier signed nine MoUs for cooperation in various sectors including cybersecurity, energy and defence.
-He was accorded a traditional welcome by Braj folk artists on his arrival at the airport. The dignitaries spent some time at Hotel Amar Vilas before leaving for the monument in golf carts.
-Netanyahu along with his wife Sara visited the Taj Mahal in Agra on Tuesday. He was received by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Kheria Airport.
-They had also spent some time at the Sabarmati Riverfront, developed during Modi's tenure as Gujarat CM. PM Modi had also accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse to the riverfront during the latter's India visit in 2014.
-PM Modi and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe had also held a joint roadshow during the latter's visit here in September 2017. PM Modi had shown Abe and his wife around at the Sabarmati Ashram.
-They will inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for Date Palms at Kukama via a video link. The two leaders will also interact with farmers.
-Afterwards, PM Modi and Netanyahu will visit the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad in Banaskantha district.
-The two PMs will further dedicate a mobile water desalination van to Suigam Taluka, of Banaskantha district, through a video link. Both leaders will also address the gathering.
-Around 50 stages have been erected on the roadside along the stretch and people from different states of the country will welcome Netanyahu.
-They will then visit a Startup Exhibition and interact with innovators and Startup CEOs.
-The two Prime Ministers will also inaugurate the iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad.
-They will visit the Sabarmati Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for a long time.
-The roadshow will begin from the city airport and end at the Sabarmati Ashram, a journey of eight kilometres.
-PM Modi and Netanyahu will hold a roadshow in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, reached the Sabarmati Ashram and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi shortly after they began their mega roadshow in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The two global leaders are slated to attend a host of events later in the day after the roadshow.
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