Foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have sent Republic Day greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. <br/><br/>In his message, Mr Putin expressed desire to continue strengthening mutually advantageous bilateral cooperation in various areas. He said, their privileged strategic partnership with India remains an unchanging foreign policy priority for Russia. <br/><br/>In his tweet, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulated Mr Modi and people of India on Republic Day. Responding to the tweet, Mr Modi thanked his Israeli counterpart and said his wishes are indeed special.<br/><br/>Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay also sent their wishes on Twitter.<br/>