New Delhi: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that India and Israel share “warm friendship” and their goal is to build a “long-term strategic partnership” between the two nations.

In his opening remarks during his meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on Tuesday, Sa’ar expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s solidarity following the Hamas attack on October 7, as he was the first world leader to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He said, “We appreciate Prime Minister Modi’s strong solidarity. We remember that he was the first world leader to call Prime Minister Netanyahu after the Hamas October 7 massacre, and we won’t forget it. Minister, I believe that India is the future, I told you that. India is the world

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