India, Israel revive push for free trade

India and Israel signalled a renewed push in their economic partnership on Sunday after commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal met Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and president Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.

- Dhirendra Kumar dhirendra.kumar@

After an over decade-long lull, the two sides emphasized on deepening cooperation in trade, technology and investments.

The meetings come at a time when the two countries are preparing to take the first formal steps towards negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), a process that has been discussed intermittently since 2013, but is now drawing political attention on both sides.