PM Modi, Israel Prez Rivlin exchange Friendship Day greetings

PTI | Aug 2, 2020, 22:32 IST

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin exchanged Friendship Day greetings on Sunday, hoping that the relations between the two nations will grow even stronger in the times to come.
"Happy #FriendshipDay to our dear friends in #India," tweeted President Rivlin in English as well as in Hindi.

Thank you @PresidentRuvi! Greetings to you as well as to the wonderful people of Israel. May the India-Israel fri… https://t.co/L922WhGglz
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1596383226000

He also shared a picture of him with Modi, apparently taken at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Israeli president had visited India in November, 2016.

Happy #FriendshipDay to our dear friends in #India!मित्रता दिवस पर मेरी ओर से आपको व भारत की जनता को बहुत बहुत ब… https://t.co/vkybnO2uX9
— Reuven Rivlin (@PresidentRuvi) 1596360136000

Modi responded by thanking Rivlin.
"Greetings to you as well as to the wonderful people of Israel. May the India-Israel friendship grow even stronger in the times to come," the prime minister said in a tweet.