Netanyahu with Indian PM
Netanyahu with Indian PMHaim Zach/GPO

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed seven agreements during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Israel this week.

The Indian Prime Minister Modi invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to make an official visit to India; the latter accepted the invitation.

"What a great day, the first day of a historic journey – your visit, my friend, Prime Minister Modi, to Israel. You are making history. We are making history together," Netanyahu told his guest.

"This is a deeply moving moment for me, both in personal, but also in national and international terms," he added.

"I have a feeling that today, India and Israel are changing our world and maybe changing parts of the world. Because this is a cooperation, it's a marriage really made in Heaven but we're implementing it here on Earth," the Prime Minister said.

The two leaders also signed a memorandum of understanding between the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology and the Israel Innovation Authority on the establishment of an Indian-Israeli innovation fund. Three agreements were signed concerning the space industry, In addition, two agreements involving water technology were signed.