Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani with India’s Ambassador to Qatar, P. Kumaran, yesterday.
Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani received a written message from Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India, Suresh Prabhu, concerning bilateral relations and means of boosting them, especially in the economic, trade and investment fields.
The message was delivered by India’s Ambassador to Qatar, P. Kumaran, during his meeting with the Minister of Economy and Commerce, yesterday.
Qatar and India have a number of bilateral trade and investment agreements, including: an agreement on economic and technical cooperation signed on April 19, 1984 in New Delhi and the agreement on the protection and promotion of mutual investments, signed on April 7, 1999 in New Delhi.
The trade exchange between Qatar and India in 2016 amounted to approximately QR31.2bn, India is the third biggest trading partner of Qatar.
