Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first engagement after arriving in Ramallah on Saturday morning will be to lay a wreath at the Mausoleum of late president Yasser Arafat. Modi will be accompanied by his Palestinian counterpart Rami Hamdallah.
The Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat was unveiled on November 10, 2007 and is located adjacent to the compound of Presidential Headquarters (Al-Muqata'a).
After paying homage to Yasser Arafat at the Mausoleum, the prime minister will take a short tour, accompanied by Hamdallah, of the Yasser Arafat Museum located adjacent to the mausoleum.
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Prime Minister Modi, who is on his maiden trip to Palestine, will be received by President Mahmoud Abbas before the ceremonial welcome in the compound of the Presidential Headquarters, also known as Muqata'a.
The Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah is the compound that encompasses the Office of the President, offices of advisers to President, in addition to the headquarters of the Presidential Guard.
The prime minister on his first day of the three-nation tour will hold meetings and exchange agreements with ministers in Ramallah in the West Bank.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Raveesh Kumar said Modi's visit to Ramallah in Palestine was the first ever by an Indian prime minister. The visit to Palestine comes a month after India hosted Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Friday, Modi arrived in Jordan, which is his transit to Palestine. The prime minister's office expressed gratitude to King Abdullah II of Jordan for facilitating the transit. After Palestine, the prime minister would visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
Modi will leave for the UAE on Sunday and then on the final leg, to Muscat on February 11, before returning to Delhi the following day.
Prior to Modi, former President Pranab Mukherjee and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had visited Palestine in October 2015 and January 2016, respectively.