HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met India's External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj, in Doha Monday. 

During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, ways of boosting them, developments related to the Gulf crisis, Kuwaiti mediation efforts, as well as a number of regional and international issues of common concern.
Following the meeting, a joint declaration to establish the Joint Commission between the governments of Qatar and India was signed. It is headed by the ministers for foreign affairs of the two countries.
The joint declaration was signed by HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The joint commission will be charged with the following tasks: formulating the required basis to strengthen the relations between the two countries particularly in the economic, commercial, cultural, scientific, technological, information technology and educational fields; following up the implementation of the agreements concluded between the two countries; finding suitable solutions for the resulting problems of the implementation thereof; facilitating the exchange of information and expertise, and encouraging bilateral consultation in service of co-operation between the two countries.