Ramallah, Feb. 11 (TNS): In his historic visit to Palestine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in a Jordanian army helicopter to Ramallah from Amman, where he was received by his Palestinian counterpart Rami Hamdallah. Modi’s chopper was escorted by choppers from the Israel Air Force, Indian media claimed on Sunday.
According to NDTV, Israeli force control all entry and exit points to West Bank, including the its 150 kilometre border with Jordan and the air space above.
External ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also shared a video of chopper on its way to Ramallah and called it “history in the making”.
Earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Mahmoud Abbas during which the Palestinian president sought India’s support for a multi-country mechanism to achieve a “just and desired peace” with Israel in accordance with the two-state solution.
President Abbas accorded a red carpet welcome to Modi, the first Indian prime minister to make an official visit to Palestine, in an official ceremony at the presidential compound, also known as Muqata’a, in Ramallah – the Palestinian seat of government.
They discussed the full range of India-Palestine ties following which the two sides signed six agreements worth around $50 million that includes setting up of a $30 million super speciality hospital in Beit Sahur.
Three agreements in the education sector worth $5 million, one MoU for procurement of equipment and machinery for the National Printing Press and one for construction of a centre for empowering women were also signed
