New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a telephone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during which they exchanged views on the recent developments in West Asia.
The two leaders also reviewed sustained progress in India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the bilateral cooperation across various sectors for the mutual benefit of the two countries, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
Later, in a post on X, Modi said, “Received a phone call from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We reviewed progress on various aspects of the India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership which continues to grow from strength-to-strength.”
“We also exchanged views on the current situation in West Asia. @netanyahu,” he added.
According to the PMO statement, PM Modi and Netanyahu exchanged views on the recent developments in West Asia and the two leaders agreed to remain in touch.
The conflict in West Asia is continuing for over five months now without any permanent solution.
Iran on Thursday said it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman, even as two Israeli soldiers were killed in Lebanon.
The Strait is crucial to global shipping and energy supplies. Before the war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February, around one-fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas would pass through the waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
