HH The Amir and Czech President Hold Official Talks Session

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HE President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman held this morning an official talks session at the presidential residence in Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.

At the outset of the session, HE the Czech President welcomed HH The Amir and the accompanying delegation, stressing that His Highness' visit is an important step in developing bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields, looking forward to further joint cooperation efforts to develop bilateral cooperation in various fields.

For his part, HH The Amir expressed happiness to be in Prague in light of his state visit to the Czech Republic, expressing thanks to HE the Czech President, the government of his country and its friendly people for the warm reception and hospitality, pointing to the strength of the Qatari-Czech relations and their continuous development and the joint cooperation in various sectors.

During the session, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries, and ways to enhance and develop them, especially in the trade, industry, energy and investment fields, in addition to exchanging views on a number of regional and international issues of mutual concern.

Also, HH The Amir and the President of the Czech Republic witnessed the signing ceremony of the joint declaration between the State of Qatar and the Czech Republic concerning the mutual support for conclusion of the bilateral investment agreement and the signing of an agreement on economic, commercial and technical cooperation between the governments of the two countries.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, HE Chief of Amiri Diwan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and HE Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al Thani attended the talks session. On the Czech side, it was attended by HE Minister of Transport Martin Kupka, HE Minister of Finance Zbynek Stanjura, HE Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela, and a number of senior officials.

After that, HE the President of the Czech Republic hosted a luncheon banquet in honor of HH The Amir and the accompanying delegation.

HH The Amir and HE the Czech President held a bilateral meeting, in which they discussed aspects of developing relations between the two countries and issues of mutual interest.