Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, who was welcomed by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, received ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday morning.
Abbas is a four-day state visit to India from 14 May at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee.
This is the fifth visit and third state visit to India by President Abbas.
A number of MoUs on cooperation in various areas are expected to be signed during the visit.
President Abbas on Monday visited the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Noida to forge cooperation between Palestine – India Techno Park being built by India in Palestine and Indian IT industry.
President Mukherjee will host a banquet in honour of his Palestinian counterpart.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari, and Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj will call on President Abbas during his stay in Delhi.
(With inputs from agencies)