Visit of President to Israel

State Visit of President to Israel

Question: Recently President of India had state visit to Israel, Who is the president of Israel at this time?

a. Benjamin Netanyahu
b. Reuven Rivlin
c. Daniel Carmon
d. Eliezer Mizrahi

Ans (b)

Related Facts:

  • The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee have completed first State visit to Israel from October 13-15, 2015 at the invitation of Mr. Reuven Rivlin, President of State of Israel.
  • India formally recognized Israel September on 17, 1950 and India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992.
  • The two countries are engaged in a range of issues of bilateral interest including cooperation in agriculture, science & technology, education, etc.
  • In 2013, India was Israel’s 10th largest partner in Asia and the whole of Israel as the third largest trading partner after China and Hong Kong.
  • India imports key defense technologies from Israel.
  • Pranab Mukherjee became first Indian President to address Israeli Parliament Knesset.
  • During the visit, the Hon’ble President had meetings and interactions with the President Rivlin and Prime Minister Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Then two sides will sign a number of MoUs in the fields of culture, education, science and technology.
  • He was awarded with Honorary Doctorate by Herbew Universityof Jerusalem.
  • 10 Agreements/MoUs signed during the visit of President to Israel.
  • Protocol amending the Convention and the Protocol between the Republic of India and the State of Israel for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and for the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital
  • Cultural Exchange Programme between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the State of Israel for the years 2015-2018
  • MOU between Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Agreement of Cooperation between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  • MOU for Institutional Collaboration between Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITKGP) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, (BGU)
  • MOU between Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Framework for Academic Collaboration between the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, India and the University of Haifa Haifa, Israel
  • MOU between the University of Delhi, Delhi, India and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, (BGU), Beer Sheva, Israel
  • Agreement of Cooperation between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and the University of Delhi, India
  • MOU between the University of Delhi, India and Harzilya Israel.

Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/outgoing-visit-info-hi.htm?2/810/State+Visit+of+President+to+Israel+October+1315+2015
http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Israel-Dec_2014_hindi.pdf
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail-hi.htm?25889/Visit+of+President+to+Israel+October+1315+2015
http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail-hi.htm?25937/List+of+AgreementsMoUs+signed+during+the+visit+of+President+to+Israel