External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday on a day-long official visit during which he will hold talks with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani with a focus on exploring ways to expand bilateral co🦩operation in areas of trade, investment and energy.
Jaishankar's visit comes four-and-half months after Qatar released eight former Indian Navy personnel, who were sentenced to death after being arre📖sted in August 2022.
“ꦚEAM arrives in Doha on a day-long official visit. Received at the Airport by Chief of Protocol HE Mr Ibrahim Fakhroo,” the Indian Embassy in Qatar said in a post X.
During the visit, Jaishankar will meet Pr🦄ime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Ab🌺dulrahman, who also holds the portfolio as Foreign Minister.
The visit would "enable both sides to review various aspects of bilateral relations, including political, trade, investment, energy, security, cultural and people-to-people as well as the regional and inter༒natioℱnal issues of mutual interest," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi on Saturday.
It is expected tha💦t Jaishankar and Al Thani would also deliberate on the overall situation in West Asia against൲ the backdrop of Israel's continuing military offensives in Gaza.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Qatar from February 14 to 15 and held discussion🐻s with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
"India and Qatar share historic and friendly rel🥀ations which are marked by regular exch🥂ange of high-level visits," the MEA said.
