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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visits Qatar National Museum in Doha

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visits Qatar National Museum in Doha
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Doha , June 6: Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is on the last leg of his three-nation tour, visited the Qatar National Museum in Doha, Qatar.
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The National Museum of Qatar draws inspiration from and recreates the naturally occurring crystal formations known as the desert rose. It gives voice to Qatar's heritage whilst celebrating its future. Naidu-launches-India-Qatar-start-up-bridge-5 Also Read: Climate change adversely hitting Pakistan's tourism industry As part of his visit to the Middle Eastern country, earlier, on Sunday, Naidu launched the "India-Qatar Start-Up bridge" to link the start-up ecosystems of the two countries at the India-Qatar Business Forum in Doha. He also addressed the members of the business community at India-Qatar Business Forum and highlighted the strength of India-Qatar ties and called for building an enabling environment and forging more collaborations for mutual benefit. In his address, Naidu said, "When I see India and Qatar, I see convergences and opportunities. Trade contacts between the Western Coast of India and the Gulf region have existed for a long time. The pearl trade; the movement of dhows between our coasts taking advantage of the monsoon ecosystem in the Indian ocean; the use of the Indian Rupee as a legal tender in Qatar till the 1960s, enabled the ease with which goods and people moved between the two countries."
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Naidu-launches-India-Qatar-start-up-bridge-4 The Vice President said that these exchanges paved the way for a special relationship between our countries which has evolved over centuries through people to people and cultural exchanges. He further said that more than 100 businesses are registered with Qatar Financial Centre and in Qatar Free Zone too. The Vice President said Qatar Investment Authority has committed investments of over USD 2 billion in Indian companies in the last two years. "We have witnessed a steady increase in Foreign Direct investment from Qatar to India in recent years. Qatar Investment Authority has committed investments of over USD 2 billion in Indian companies in the last two years. This augurs well for future growth," he said. Earlier on Sunday the Vice President called on Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Father of Amir of Qatar and then he held delegation-level talks with Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar. Naidu-launches-India-Qatar-start-up-bridge-3 Also Read | Tamil Nadu: 12 test positive for Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 During this visit, the Vice President is being accompanied by Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Sushil Kumar Modi, Member of Parliament, Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, Member of Parliament, P. Raveendranath, Member of Parliament and senior officials from the Vice President's Secretariat and the Ministry of External Affairs. -PTC News-
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