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India, Qatar Discuss $10 Billion Investment Commitment, UPI Expansion & Bilateral Investment Treaty

Doha/New Delhi, Sep 29: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held a discussion with her Qatar counterpart Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari on the implementation of the $10 billion Qatari investment commitment in India and the finalisation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty. India-Qatar financial talks At the meeting held on the sidelines of the AIIB 2026 annual meeting in Doha, the two Finance…

India, Qatar Discuss $10 Billion Investment Commitment, UPI Expansion & Bilateral Investment Treaty

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her counterpart from Qatar, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, on the sidelines of the AIIB 2026 annual meeting in Doha. During the discussion, the two finance ministers agreed on the implementation of a $10 billion investment commitment from Qatar to India and finalizing of a Bilateral Investment Treaty.

The ministers also talked about expanding Indian UPI payments in Qatar and the Gulf nation's involvement with India's National Infrastructure and Investment Fund. Sitharaman expressed appreciation for the AIIB Annual Meeting arrangements and recalled recent high-level engagements that brought India-Qatar relations to strategic partnership status.

Al Kuwari thanked the Indian community for Qatar's success and looked forward to increased trade, finance, and investment between the two countries.

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Morocco appoints first woman prime minister in its history

Dubai: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri to lead the country’s government, making her the first woman to hold the post in the kingdom’s history.

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