India, Feb. 25 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday leave for Israel on a two-day state visit focused on advancing bilateral cooperation in a raft of areas including defence and security, science and technology, innovation, agriculture, water management, trade and economy, and people- to-people exchanges, the ministry of external affairs said on Tuesday.

This will be the PM's second visit to that country in nine years; the bilateral relationship was elevated to "strategic partnership" when Modi visited Tel Aviv in July 2017.

Modi will address Israel's parliament, the Knesset, on Wednesday and hold delegation-level talks with his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu the following day.

"The two leaders will review the significant ...