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India, Qatar set to finalise trade pact framework

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October 07, 2025

India and Qatar will soon finalise the contours to negotiate a free trade agreement and the pact is expected to be concluded by the middle or third quarter of next year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.

- Press Trust of India

India, Qatar set to finalise trade pact framework

Piyush Goyal, commerce and industry minister.

(PTI)

The minister is here for a two-day visit. He is leading a business delegation to increase trade and investments between the two countries.

“I would think that sometime by the middle of next year, or third quarter of next year, we will be able to finalise an FTA (free trade agreement), if not earlier,” he told reporters here.

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