Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visited New Delhi on 13 May. This visit was ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Israel, which is due to take place beginning July. The visit involved discussions on the West Asia peace process and bilateral ties between the countries, wherein the leaders signed agreements involving health, the IT industry and others. Abbas visited the C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) in Noida to enable cooperation between the Palestine-India Techno Park, being built by India in Palestine, and the Indian IT industry. He also gave an address at New Delhi’s India Islamic Cultural Center.