PM Modi discusses COVID-19 pandemic with Israeli PM Netanyahu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. The two leaders discussed the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the response strategies adopted by their governments to the health crisis.

The leaders explored possible collaboration between India and Israel in fighting the pandemic, including by improving availability of pharmaceutical supplies



and by innovative use of high technology. They agreed to maintain a focused channel of communication to explore such synergies.

Mr Netanyahu agreed with Mr Modi that the COVID-19 pandemic is an important turning point in modern history and offers an opportunity to forge a new vision of globalization focused on the shared interests of humanity as a whole.