New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Union Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday met with the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, who is on a two-day state visit to India.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Amir of Qatar met at the Hyderabad House, where the two leaders held delegation-level talks. Upon arrival, the two leaders exchanged pleasantries and shook hands.

Prime Minister Modi led the talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and several senior ministers.

Meanwhile, India and Qatar today signed an agreement to formally elevate their relations to a strategic partnership and exchanged multiple memorandums of understanding (MoU) with a ...