External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to visit Palestine on 8th March
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The key focus of his visit will be the India-Palestine Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), which he will co-chair along with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki.
New Delhi: India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will be on a visit to Palestine's Ramallah from March 8th to 9th. The key focus of his visit will be the India-Palestine Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), which he will co-chair along with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki. This is Dr Jaishankar's first ever visit to Ramallah in his capacity as External Affairs Minister. During the visit, the EAM will also call on Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
The JCM took place in November 2016. In January 2016, the then EAM Sushma Swaraj had visited Palestine and met President Abbas, Foreign Minister Riad. During her visit, she inaugurated the India Palestine digital learning and innovation center at Al Quds University, Ramallah.
During this visit as well, EAM Jaishankar is expected to inaugurate a $5 million techno park project. While India continues to support the Palestinian cause at bilateral and international levels, New Delhi has been extending economic assistance to the Palestinian people. Two schools were built in Palestine in 2015 through Indian aid. The Indian government has set up an India-Palestine Centre of Excellence in ICT and Innovation in Al Quds University, Abu Dis in 2015 and another ICT center in Ramallah in 2016.
