Overview
- Israeli outlet i24News, cited by ANI and ThePrint, reported that Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his December visit to India citing security concerns after a recent blast in Delhi.
- Indian government sources told India Today the linkage to the Red Fort attack was misleading and factually incorrect, with the meeting now unlikely to occur this year.
- Netanyahu issued an official condolence message to Narendra Modi and the people of India after the explosion, saying Israel stands with India in sorrow and strength.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal just completed a three-day trip to Israel and met Netanyahu and other leaders to advance bilateral economic engagement.
- Goyal announced the signing of Terms of Reference to launch India–Israel free trade talks and discussed deeper cooperation across agriculture, water, defence, science, technology and innovation.