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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his visit to India next month over security concerns following the Delhi blasts, according to Israeli media.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his visit to India over security concerns after the Delhi blasts, according to Israel’s i24 News.
Netanyahu was to visit India next month. The visit of the Prime Minister of Israel has been pending for more than six years.
Diplomatic sources have confirmed to the outlet that Netanyahu’s visit was postponed following the suicide bombing near the Red Fort in Delhi.
According to the report, Netanyahu is now expected to visit India late next year pending a security assessment.
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Netanyahu first visited India in 2018 and was scheduled to make another visit next year. But the trip was postponed twice that year as Israel held repeated parliamentary elections. The following year, the COVID-19 pandemic halted all in-person diplomacy.
In 2022, then Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to India was announced, but he tested positive for COVID-19 just weeks before the trip. By the time he recovered, Israel was again in the grip of a political crisis like in 2019, which did not allow him to travel. The following year, even though Netanyahu returned to power, the Hamas-led attack of 7 October ruled out any visits during the duration of the war.
But recently the series of meetings between the two sides is continuing.
Earlier this month, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited India. The visit came almost two months after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s visit to India. During that visit, India and Israel signed the India-Israel Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) – a precursor to the comprehensive trade agreement.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is expected to visit India in January or February 2026 and President Isaac Herzog is expected in the first half of the year.
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