Question: What is the name of the President of Palestine who was on a state visit to India ?
(a) Beta Szigvalo
(b) Mahmoud Abbas
(c) Benjamin Netanyahu
(d) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ans: (b)
Related facts
- President of Palestine Mr. Mahmoud Abbas was on a state visit to India from 14-17 May, 2017, at the invitation of India’s President Pranab Mukherjee.
- This is the third state tour of President Mahmoud Abbas.
- During this visit, he met President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
- During the visit, he addressed the Delhi-based India Islamic Cultural Center.
- On May 16, 2017, the delegation level bilateral talks concluded between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Mahmoud Abbas at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
- After the talks, 5 MoUs were signed between the two countries :
I. Memorandum of Understanding on Visa Relief on Diplomatic and Official Passports
Ii. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ii. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Agriculture Sector
Iv. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Health Sector
V. Memorandum of Understanding on Information Technology and Electronics - India – Palestine relations have been traditionally cordial.
- India’s sympathy with the Palestine issue and friendship with the Palestinians have come to the test of time and is an integral part of our foreign policy.
- In the year 1947, India had voted against the partition of Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly.
- India was the first non-Arab country to recognize the PLO as the sole and legal representative of the people of Palestine in the year 1974.
- India was one of the first countries to recognize Palestine state in the year 1988.
- India voted in support of the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution in October 2003 against the creation of a wall of the partition by Israel.
- India voted in favor of accepting Palestine as a full time member of UNESCO.
- Apart from this, India supported the establishment of Palestine’s flag in the United Nations campus in September, 2015, along with other observer states like the flag of the Member States.
Related Links:-
http://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-detail.htm?28462/State+Visit+of+President+of+Palestine+to+India+May+1417+2017
http://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-detail.htm?28461/Visit+of+President+of+the+State+of+Palestine+to+India+May+1417+2017
http://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/28467/List_of_MoUs_exchanged_during_the_State_visit_of_President_of_Palestine_to_India_May_16_2017
http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Palestine_13_01_2016_hindi.p