Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Doha in Qatar on Wednesday, following his visit to the UAE. Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra stated today that the primary focus of the visit is to discuss and strengthen the overall ties between the two nations.
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00:00 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Doha in Qatar on Wednesday following his visit
00:08 to the UAE.
00:09 Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kuatra stated on Monday that the primary focus of the visit
00:14 is to discuss and strengthen the overall ties between the two nations."
00:18 "From UAE, after completing his visit on 14th of February there, Honorable Prime Minister
00:25 will travel to Doha, Qatar on 14th February afternoon.
00:31 During the visit, Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with the Amir of Qatar,
00:37 His Highness Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamid Al Thani and other high dignitaries in Qatar.
00:45 You would recall that Prime Minister had last visited Qatar in June 2016.
00:51 As such this will be Prime Minister's second visit to Qatar.
00:55 Prime Minister's visit to Qatar will provide an opportunity for the top leadership of the
01:00 two countries to discuss ways to further deepen and strengthen our multifaceted partnership
01:07 as well as exchange views on different regional and international issues of mutual importance."
01:17 The announcement of PM Modi's visit comes on the heels of a significant development.
01:21 Eight Indian Navy personnel who had been held in jail in Qatar over an alleged espionage
01:26 case have finally returned home.
01:28 The Emir of Qatar had sentenced them to death in October of 2023.
01:33 Seven out of the eight personnel returned home early on Monday with the eighth expected
01:38 to return soon.
01:39 The Ministry of External Affairs released a statement expressing appreciation for the
01:44 decision by the Emir of Qatar to release the Indian nationals who were arrested in August
01:48 of 2022.
01:50 The former Indian Navy personnel faced charges of espionage, although the specifics of the
01:54 charges were not made public by either the Qatari authorities or New Delhi.
01:58 The MEA highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally supervised efforts to secure
02:03 the release of the Indian nationals.
02:05 We are grateful for their return.
02:07 We are gratified on their return.
02:10 We deeply appreciate the decision of the Qatari's government and the Emir to release them.
02:19 We are happy to have seven of those Indian nationals back.
02:23 Eighth Indian national has also been released and we continue to work with the Qatar government
02:30 to see how quickly his return to India would be possible.
02:36 Honourable Prime Minister has himself personally constantly supervised all the developments
02:43 in this case and has never shied away from any initiatives that would ensure the return
02:51 of Indian nationals back to home.
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