Israel’s Ambassador to India Ron Malka is in two day visit to the Northeastern states of India. In a meeting with Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said his country looks to have close association with the northeastern states and wants to share their technology to enhance the manufacturing capability of the region. Indian Saffron carpet to cover the Northeast region soon He said his country is also interested in sharing knowledge to develop the human resources. “Israel is a strong strategic partner of India and wants to share technology with the northeastern region for using untapped resources for development. We want to enhance manufacturing capabilities,” Malka told in an interview. “India is our close friend. Both countries pledged to help each other in the fields of developments. Since the north-east is an integral part of India, we want to share high and advanced technologies, especially in the fields of manufacturing, packaging and shipping,” he said. Northeast experiences peak power shortage, due to underutilization of renewable sources Air connectivity between Israel and Assam’s Guwahati is highly possible and Israel is much interested in it said Malka. “The air connectivity would be developed, only after the north-east region comes to a position to export its goods to Israel,” he said. Malka said Israel is also interested in the exchange of culture between the two countries. Northeast Frontier Railway to run 2 more Festival Special trains