HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a session of official talks at Hyderabad House on Wednesday.
During the talks, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of supporting and promoting bilateral cooperation in various fields, especially in the investment sector for the sake of both countries and peoples.
They exchanged views on a number of issues of mutual concern as well as regional and international issues, and the latest developments on the Arab and international arenas.
Members of the official delegation accompanying HH the Emir along with a number of the Indian ministers attended the session of talks.
Following the talks, HH the Emir and the Indian Prime Minister witnessed the exchange of a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding signed between the governments of the two countries during the visit. They are an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons between the governments of the State of Qatar and the Republic of India; a memorandum of understanding for joint cooperation in the field of diplomatic training between Qatari Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' Foreign Service Institute; and a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of communications and information technology between Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
HH the Emir the Prime Minister also witnessed the exchange of a memorandum of understanding for scientific and technical cooperation between Qatar Civil Aviation Authority and Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences' Earth System Science Organization; a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of radio and television between the governments of the State of Qatar and the Republic of India; and an agreement for mutual cooperation and exchange of news between the Qatar News (QNA) and the United News of India (UNI).
Prior to the talks, HH the Emir and the Prime Minister of India held bilateral meeting attended by a number of members of the official delegation accompanying HH the Emir, during which talks focused on enhancing the historic relations between the two countries and the two peoples as well as ways of developing them, in addition to a number of issues of mutual concern.