Amir, Indian Prime Minister Hold Official Talks, Witness Signing Of Agreements

Doha, Qatar: The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held an official session of talks with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the friendly Republic of India, today at Hyderabad House in the capital, New Delhi.

At the beginning of the session, the Indian Prime Minister welcomed His Highness the Amir and the accompanying delegation, expressing his thanks to His Highness for this visit, wishing him a pleasant stay in India, and looking forward to His Highness's state visit contributing to strengthening relations between the two countries and pushing them towards broader horizons in all areas of joint strategic bilateral cooperation.

• Amir accorded official reception ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi

For his part, His Highness the Amir expressed his thanks to the Prime Minister, the Government of India and its friendly people for the warm welcome and generous hospitality, noting the depth of the historical relations between the two countries, and stressing that India is one of the most important economic partners of the State of Qatar. His Highness also expressed his happiness to visit India for the second time to complete consultations, support and enhance relations, and work to increase trade exchange and achieve common interests.

During the session, bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop them were discussed, especially in the fields of economy, investment and energy, in addition to discussing a number of regional and international issues of common interest.

His Highness the Amir and the Indian Prime Minister witnessed the exchange of two agreements between the governments of the two countries.

They witnessed the exchange of an agreement on establishing bilateral strategic partnership relations, and an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.

The session and exchange ceremony were attended by HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; HE Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Khulaifi, Chief of the Amiri Diwan; HE Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs; HE Dr. Ali bin Saeed Al Marri, Minister of Labor; HE Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; HE Sheikh Faisal bin Thani Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry; and a number of Their Excellencies members of the official delegation accompanying HH the Amir.

From the Indian side, it was attended by HE Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs; HE Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry; HE Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports; H E Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and a number of senior officials.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister of the friendly Republic of India hosted a luncheon in honor of His Highness the Amir and the accompanying delegation.

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