With Qatar being the largest supplier of LNG to India, the two leaders are also likely to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the strategic areas of energy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Qatar counterpart Emir of Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. (Representational file image)
QATAR PRIME Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani will visit India on December 3 and hold discussions on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of common interest with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
With Qatar being the largest supplier of LNG to India, the two leaders are also likely to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the strategic areas of energy.
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Announcing the visit, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Sheikh Abdullah, also the country’s Interior Minister, is coming to India at the invitation of Modi.
This is the first visit of Sheikh Abdullah to India and the third high-level bilateral engagement between the two countries in the past two years, which underlines India’s growing ties with Qatar.
The visit of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to India in March 2015 was followed by the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Qatar this June.
“Qatar is not only an important trading partner for us in the Gulf region but is also the largest supplier of LNG to us, accounting for 66 per cent of our total imports in 2015-16,” Swarup said.
