India's economic interests have no borders

India's economic interests have no borders. Our Chairman meets Qatar PM & other leaders to explore co-operation.

HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani meeting with Anil Ambani in Doha on Sunday.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian business magnate and chairman of Reliance Group which has assets in excess of $43bn, on Sunday discussed possible areas of interest for expanding business co-operation with Qatar, during a visit to Doha.

"The visit of Ambani, accompanied by a team of senior executives, underlined Reliance Group’s keen interest to play a larger role in the growing economic partnership between India and the State of Qatar,” the Indian embassy said in a statement.

Ambani called on HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, HE the Finance Minister Ali Shareef al-Emadi, Qatar Investment Authority CEO HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud al-Thani, Qatar Central Bank Governor HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud al-Thani, and Qatar Petroleum president and CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi after meeting Indian ambassador Sanjiv Arora.

Ambani also met with a number of top Qatari businessmen and investors at an interaction hosted by Doha Bank Group CEO Dr R Seetharaman and his team at which Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al-Baker was the guest of honour.

Ambassador Arora was present during Ambani's meetings with Qatari dignitaries as well as his interaction with businessmen. At his meetings, Ambani highlighted the operations of Reliance Group in diverse sectors and discussed possible areas of interest for expanding business co-operation with Qatar to the mutual benefit of both sides.

"HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister and other dignitaries, and Qatari businessmen deeply appreciated the distinctive strengths and achievements of various companies of the Reliance Group. They emphasised there was vast potential to further expand business collaborations between India and Qatar in mutually identified sectors, and welcomed Reliance Group's keenness to contribute more significantly to this process," the statement added.

Reliance Group, including Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, and Reliance Power, is among India's top five business houses and has the world's largest shareholder/investor base of over 13mn. The group has annual revenues of $9bn, net worth of over $16bn, and over 100,000 employees.

Source : www.gulf-times.com
Date : Aug 31, 2015