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Prime Minister welcomed His Highness the Amir and the accompanying delegation, expressing gratitude for the visit and wishing His Highness a pleasant stay in India. Modi also looked forward to this state visit contributing to further strengthening the bilateral relations and expanding them towards broader horizons in all areas of joint strategic bilateral cooperation.For his part, His Highness the Amir expressed thanks to the Prime Minister, the Government of India, and its friendly people for the warm welcome and generous hospitality. HH emphasised the depth of historical relations between the two countries and reiterated that India is one of the State of Qatar's most important economic partners. 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