First visit by Israeli defense minister to India

Moshe Ya’alon will be the first Israeli defense minister to pay an official visit to India, according to a communiqué issued Thursday in Tel Aviv and New Delhi. His visit, during which he will open the Israeli pavilion at the Bangalore arms fair, is another sign of the warming relations between the two countries since Narendra Modi was elected prime minister of India. Large arms transactions shelved until then are now moving forward.