New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar on Thursday said that India and Israel are set to fast-track negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with a high-level Israeli delegation scheduled to arrive in New Delhi in late February.

Speaking to ANI about strengthening bilateral ties, Ambassador Azar said the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the agreement were signed during Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal's visit last year.

"At the end of February, actually two weeks from now, we plan to have a round of negotiations. A delegation from Israel will come to India to engage. We are thinking of having this in two stages, to first concentrate on the sort of low-hanging fruit and then go to the tougher issues," Azar st...