*Amir, Venezuelan president hold official talks
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held an official session of talks at the Amiri Diwan Wednesday.
At the beginning of the session, His Highness the Amir welcomed the Venezuelan president and the accompanying delegation, wishing him a pleasant stay, and relations between the two countries further development and growth in various fields, describing this visit as an important one.
For his part, the Venezuelan president expressed his thanks to the Amir for the warm reception and hospitality, stressing his keenness to develop the Venezuelan-Qatari relations, expressing hope that his visit would contribute to achieving the aspirations of the two friendly peoples to deepen the relations of co-operation and friendship between the two countries.
During the session, they discussed aspects of developing friendship relations and prospects for co-operation, pushing them to broader horizons to serve the common interests of the two countries, especially in energy, economy, investment, agriculture and tourism, in addition to exchanging views on the most prominent regional and international issues.
HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, HE the Chief of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, HE the Minister of Transport Jassim bin Seif al-Sulaiti, HE the Minister of Municipality Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie and HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi attended the meeting.
On the Venezuelan side, the meeting was attended by Minister of the People's Power for Productive Agriculture and Land Wilmar Castro Soteldo, Minister of the People's Power for Tourism Ali Ernesto Padron Paredes and Minister of the People's Power for Transport Ramon Celestino Velazquez Araguayan.
His Highness the Amir hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Venezuelan president and the accompanying delegation.
Earlier, an official reception ceremony was held at the Amiri Diwan for the Venezuelan president.
