One wonders if all is well in India-Qatar ties today! Observers say the kind of hospitality New Delhi accorded to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani during his State visit to India (February 17-18 ,2025) does suggest so. On February 17, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself went to the New Delhi airport to receive the Emir. Modi has had excellent personal ties with him ever since he visited Doha in 2015 and 2016. They met well also on the sidelines of COP 28 Climate summit in 2023.

As is the pattern of Prime Minister Modi’s functioning, he seeks to use his personal relationship with the Emir to advance India-Qatar ties in the areas of trade and investment. One of the chief objectives behind his engagement with the Emir of Qatar is to achieve energy security for India.

Today Qatar is India’s largest........

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