<span style="color: #222222;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today arrived in Chad on a days visit during which diplomatic ties with the African state are expected to be renewed.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking to reporters before boarding the plane at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Netanyahu called the visit a "historic"  hinting at the formal resumption of diplomatic relations between the countries that Chad had cut in 1972.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Netanyahu has sought to improve ties with countries in the Arab and Muslim world and said he expected more such diplomatic breakthroughs soon.The one-day visit follows Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno's November trip to Israel.</span>