Narendra Modi to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during maiden US visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Benjamin Netanyahu his Israeli counterpart on Sunday during his stay in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, on his maiden visit to the Unites States.

According to sources, Modi is set to meet the Israeli Prime Minister on September 28, the day on which he will also address thousands of Indian-Americans at the Madison Square Garden in Big Apple.

The prime minister will also meet an influential American Jewish group which had congratulated him soon after his electoral victory and hoped that under his leadership, the country's ties with the US and Israel would strengthen further.