Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to meet biz leaders, pay tributes to 26/11 victims in Mumbai on Thursday

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will have a 'power breakfast' with select business personalities in Mumbai on Thursday.

Pic courtesy: Twitter/@Dev_Fadnavis

Mumbai: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have a packed schedule in Mumbai on Thursday, when he will have breakfast with business leaders and pay tributes to Mumbai terror attack victims, among other engagements.

He arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday night from Gujarat and was received at the airport by Maharashtra cm Devendra Fadnavis.

A grand welcome from Maharashtra to Mrs Netanyahu and @IsraeliPM Hon @netanyahu in #Mumbai ! pic.twitter.com/QWijsW9bQr — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 17, 2018

Netanyahu will have a 'power breakfast' with select business personalities, including Anand Mahindra, Ajay Piramal, Adi Godrej, and Chanda Kochhar.

He will later address the India-Israel Business Summit at the iconic Taj Hotel in South Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will also attend the summit, sources said, as per PTI.

Fadnavis will host a lunch for the Israeli PM and his delegation. This will be followed by a wreath-laying ceremony for 26/11 Mumbai terror attack victims.

Tomorrow I will be joining Hon @netanyahu in Business Forum Meet in the morning and at wreath laying ceremony at 26/11 memorial in the afternoon. @IsraeliPM — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 17, 2018

Netanyahu will then proceed to the nearby Nariman House, where he will meet 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg. Moshe's father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed at the Nariman House during the 2008 attacks.

He will later meet around 30 members of the Jewish community at the Taj Hotel.

(With PTI inputs)