Snyder and Gilad signing the agreement Monday, the same day the governor visited the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn and met with Arab leaders.

LANSING — On Monday, Gov. Snyder and Roey Gilad, consul general of Israel to the Midwest, signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to promote joint industrial research and development projects. 

The pact is intended to promote and enhance the economic partnership between Michigan and Israel, calling for the issuance of  request for proposal from for-profit business collaborations between Michigan and Israeli companies.

Snyder signed the bilateral cooperation agreement the same day he visited the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn for a town hall meeting and met with leaders from the Arab community. 

The signing comes a year after Snyder led a delegation to Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior government leaders. During the mission, he and Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of economy, signed a letter of intent that served as the basis of this week’s agreement. 

The signing followed an all-day cyber sharing workshop in Dearborn for Michigan public and private IT executives and featured experts from both Israel and Michigan.