A new fast-growing Israeli flower was on 4 July named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special gesture to mark the first visit of an Indian premier to the Jewish nation.
The Israeli Chrysanthemum flower will now be called “MODI”, officials said.
“New fast-growing Israeli Chrysanthemum flower named in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will be called “MODI”. Indeed, a #GrowingPartnership!,” Israel’s official Twitter handle said.
Earlier, Modi visited the Danziger “Dan” flower farm along with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Mishmar Hashiva where they were briefed about the latest technologies being used for floriculture.
The Danziger flower farm is one of Israel’s leading floriculture companies with approximately 80,000 square metres of state-of-the-art greenhouses specialising in reproduction of plants.
The farm, founded in 1953, is located in Moshav Mishmar Hashiva, about 56 km from Jerusalem, in central Israel.
Modi was greeted by Netanyahu along with the top tier of Israel’s leadership – known as segel aleph – an honour afforded to only a few select leaders like US presidents and popes.
Modi began his “path-breaking” visit to Israel with his counterpart Netanyahu extending an extraordinary welcome and asserting that “even the sky is not the limit” in the cooperation between the two countries.
His three-day visit to Israel is the first by an Indian prime minister to the Jewish nation.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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