Doha, May 26 -- Following the Supriya Sule-led all-party delegation's meeting with Qatar's Sheikha Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti, Congress MP Manish Tewari said the meeting conveyed the message that India is a 5000-year-old "civilisational continuum" and a "melting pot of diverse religions and cultures."

The Congress MP further asserted that India will not tolerate any kind of proxy war from Pakistan and reserves the right to defend its sovereignty.

"Had a productive & constructive exchange of views with the Hon'ble Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar Her Excellency Sheikha Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti and her colleagues of the Shura Council. Impressed upon them that India is a civilizational continuum going back 5000 years and ...