Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu in New York

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu here on Sunday during his stay in the city to attend the UN General Assembly.

According to sources, Prime Minister Modi will be meeting Netanyahu on September 28, the day on which he will also address thousands of Indian-Americans at the famous Madison Square Garden.

Modi will also meet an influential American Jewish group which had congratulated him soon after his electoral victory and hoped that under his leadership, India's ties with the US and Israel will strengthen further.