ASSOCIATED PRESS--- Narendra Modi flew by helicopter from Jordan to Ramallah on Saturday for his first-ever visit to an autonomous Palestinian enclave in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian official Nabil Shaath says Modi is to hold talks with Abbas and sign cooperation agreements worth about $50 million.

Abbas has sought European and Arab support for replacing the U.S. as the sole Mideast mediator, after President Donald Trump recognized contested Jerusalem Al-Quds as Israel's capital. Abbas has so far failed to win such commitments.