The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will visit India from 10-12 September. He will be accompanied by a delegation comprising senior ministers, including the Executive Committee Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Saeb M.S. Erakat, and the President’s Advisor, Nabil G.O. Aburudainah.
During the visit, Abbas will hold talks with President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, and Foreign Minister, S. M. Krishna, on bilateral relations, and the peace process in the Middle East.
Later in the day he will hold delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on regional and international issues of common concern.
India has consistently provided strong political support to the Palestinian cause at international, regional and bilateral levels.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in a press release, said, “India’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and its support for the Palestinian cause go back in time. India’s empathy with the Palestinian cause and its friendship with the people of Palestine has become an integral part our foreign policy.”
Taking this effort, of providing assistance to Palestine, forward, India will sign Memorandums of Understanding for cooperation in Information and Communication Technology, vocational training, and constructing educational institutions in Palestine.
This is Abbas’s second state visit to India. He previously visited India in February 2010.
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