India, Feb. 18 -- India and Qatar elevated their relations to a strategic partnership on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Qatari Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, focused on measures to bolster trade and energy cooperation.

The two leaders met to review bilateral relations shortly after Sheikh Tamim was accorded a ceremonial welcome by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi had personally received the Amir on his arrival in New Delhi on Monday, reflecting the importance attached by India to bilateral ties.

Besides elevating the relationship to a strategic partnership, the two sides signed a revised agreement for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion for taxes on income.

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