New Delhi, March 23 The government has informed Parliament that there were no "scheduled or cancelled" visits by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India in recent times.
In a written response to a query in the Lok Sabha on March 20, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh also said that high-level visits are planned in advance, taking into account national interest, foreign policy priorities, and security assessments.
The question by TMC MP Mala Roy and the response were uploaded on the Lok Sabha website on Monday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was asked whether the visit of the Israeli prime minister to India was "cancelled due to security reasons."
Singh said that high-level visits are planned in advance, taking into account national interest, foreign policy priorities, and security assessments.
"No visit of the Prime Minister of Israel to India was scheduled or cancelled in the recent past," he said.
The query came in the backdrop of the ongoing West Asia conflict.
She had also asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent official visit to Israel.
"At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid a State visit to Israel on February 25-26, 2026. The visit was finalised in early January 2026," Singh said.
During the visit, the two leaders agreed to "further strengthen cooperation," including in science and technology, innovation, research, critical and emerging technology, cyber security, agriculture, water management, entrepreneurship, defence, trade, economy, and people-to-people exchanges, the MEA said.
The leaders decided to elevate the bilateral relationship to a "Special Strategic Partnership for Peace, Innovation & Prosperity," he said.
During the visit, 16 agreements, memoranda of understanding and protocols were also exchanged, Singh added.
