Press Release
Embassy of India
Doha
30 August, 2015
PRESS RELEASE
Visit of Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group to Doha on 30 August, 2015
Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group, accompanied by a team of senior executives, visited Doha on 30 August, 2015.
Mr. Ambani’s visit underlined Reliance Group’s keen interest to play a larger role in the growing economic partnership between India and the State of Qatar.
After meeting Mr. Sanjiv Arora, Ambassador of India to Qatar, Mr. Anil Ambani called on HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; HE Mr. Ali Shareef Al Emadi, Minister of Finance; HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, CEO of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA); HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank; and HE Mr. Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, President & CEO, Qatar Petroleum (QP).
Mr. Ambani also met with a number of top Qatari businessmen and investors at an interaction hosted by Dr. R. Seetharaman, Group CEO, Doha Bank and his team at which HE Akbar Al Baker, Group CEO, Qatar Airways was the Guest of Honour.
Ambassador of India participated both in Mr. Ambani’s meetings with Qatari dignitaries as well as his interaction with businessmen.
At his meetings, Mr. Ambani highlighted the operations of Reliance Group in diverse sectors and discussed possible areas of interest for expanding business cooperation with Qatar to the mutual benefit of both sides.
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and other dignitaries, and Qatari businessmen deeply appreciated the distinctive strengths and achievements of various companies of the Reliance Group. They emphasized that there was vast potential to further expand business collaborations between India and Qatar in mutually identified sectors, and welcomed Reliance Group’s keenness to contribute more significantly to this process.
Mr. Ambani conveyed his sincere thanks for the warm welcome and the cordial and productive discussions at his meetings.
Reliance Group, including Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, and Reliance Power, is amongst India's top five business houses and has the world's largest shareholder/investor base of over 13 million. Reliance Group has assets in excess of US $43 billion; annual revenues of the order of US $9 billion; Net Worth of over US $16 billion; and over 1,00,000 employees.
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