H. E. Mr. Ahmed Bin Abdulla Bin Zaid Al-Mahmoud, the Speaker of the Shura Council met separately today with H.E. P. Kumaran, Ambassador of India, and with Mr. William Grant, Chargé d'affaires, of the Embassy of United States to the State of Qatar.
During the meetings the bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the Republic of India and the United States were discussed and ways to support and develop them, especially in the parliamentary area were reviewed. The meetings also reviewed a number of topics of common interest.
Both the Indian Ambassador and U.S. Charge d'affaires hailed the great success of the meetings of the 140 General Assembly of the IPU held in Doha last April under the chairmanship of His Excellency the Speaker of the Shura Council. They as well praised the arrangements and the organization of the meetings which had had a major impact in achieving such Success.
Number of officials of the Shura Council attended the meetings.