EAM Jaishankar to visit Israel, UAE today; bilateral consultations on agenda

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is set to visit Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today to hold bilateral consultations with his counterpart Gideon Sa’ar, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.

Today, he will co-chair the 16th Joint Commission and 5th Strategic Dialogue with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, in Abu Dhabi, an official statement said.

This comes a few days after Israeli Prime Minister's Office said that PM Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi very soon, after what it described as a warm and friendly phone conversation between the two leaders.


In a post on X, Netanyahu's office said, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke a short while ago with Indian Prime Minister @NarendraModi. At the end of the warm and friendly conversation, the two leaders agreed to meet very soon."

During the recent call, PM Modi reviewed the situation in West Asia with his Israeli counterpart and reiterated India's support for the early implementation of the Gaza Peace Plan.

According to the Indian Prime Minister's Office, the two leaders "exchanged views on the situation in West Asia," and PM Modi reaffirmed India's backing for efforts "towards a just and durable peace in the region, including early implementation of the Gaza Peace Plan."

The two leaders "expressed satisfaction at the continued momentum in India-Israel Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening these ties for mutual benefit."

They also strongly "condemned terrorism, reiterating their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations."