India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Israel Thursday afternoon following a packed two-day visit to Israel, during which he said Jerusalem and New Delhi agree that there is “no place for terrorism in the world.”

The trip was Modi’s second visit to Israel as prime minister since he took office in 2014. On Wednesday, he addressed the Knesset amid a series of meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.

“India and Israel are clear that there is no place for terrorism in the world, in any form… We will oppose it shoulder to shoulder. We will always oppose it in the future,” Modi said at a Thursday press conference with Netanyahu in Jerusalem. “Humanity must never become a victim of conflict.”

Modi said that the US-backed “Gaza peace plan has opened a pathway to peace, and India has extended its full support to these efforts.”

He also spoke of future cooperation between Israel and India in a variety of fields, including technology and energy.

At the event, the two countries signed 16 bilateral memorandums of understanding, primarily in the fields of innovation and technology.

Speaking alongside Modi, Netanyahu described the Indian leader’s visit as “amazing” and “extraordinarily productive,” and also spoke about joint innovation between the two countries.

“We’re proud ancient civilizations, very proud of our past. But absolutely determined to seize the future, and we can do it better together,” he said.

Following an expanded meeting with their teams, Netanyahu said, “We spoke about cooperation with the extraordinarily talented people of India and our people, and we’re working this into concrete plans.”

He highlighted “precision agriculture” and “software and AI” as fields that the two countries plan to collaborate on.

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