Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to launch a "diplomatic blitz" before the April 9 elections, during which he is set to visit India, the United States and perhaps even Morocco and Bahrain. Netanyahu will also host Brazil's newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro in Israel, Trend reports referring to Ynet.
Political sources confirmed Tuesday that talks are underway to secure Netanyahu's visit to New Delhi following National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat's visit to India earlier this month.
In 2018, Air India—a major Indian airline—began operating direct flights to and from Israel that include a route over Saudi Arabia as part of the warming diplomatic ties between Jerusalem and New Delhi, a move led by Netanyahu during his six-day trip to India last year.
Two weeks before Israel goes to the polls, Netanyahu will fly to Washington to attend the annual AIPAC Conference, and is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump.
Furthermore, the heads of states that comprise the Visegrád Group (V4)—Hungary's Victor Orbán, Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki , the Czech Republic's Andrej Babiš, and Slovakia's Peter Pellegrini—are expected to visit the Jewish state in February to hold the first V4 summit in Israel.
Netanyahu will take advantage of the opportunity to try to convince the Eastern European leaders to move their embassies to Jerusalem.