President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko paid official visit to the State of Qatar on March 19-20, 2018.

The Head of State had negotiations with Emir of Qatar Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister, Minister of Interior of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of energy and industry of Qatar Mohammed Al-Sada, CEO of the Qatar Investment Authority Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani and with the Head of the Qatari buisnessmen Association Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani.

In the course of the official visit to Qatar, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took part in the opening of the Qatar International Agricultural Exhibition-2018.

The President examined the exhibition, particularly the stands representing Ukrainian producers. The President was accompanied by Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Minister of Economy and Commerce of Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani.

Following the negotiations between President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a number of bilateral documents were  signed, in particular:

- Agreement on mutual abolition of visa requirements between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the State of Qatar;

- Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the State of Qatar on Military Technical Cooperation;

- Agreement for the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the State of Qatar;

- Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the State of Qatar for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income;

- Agreement on the establishment of the joint comission on economic, commercial and technical cooperation between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the State of Qatar;

- Memorandum of understanding between Qatar University and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stressed that during the official visit to Qatar intensive negotiations had taken place resulting in a number of extremely important agreements.

“I am confident that it is a powerful impetus that significantly intensifies Ukraine's cooperation with the Gulf countries, particularly Qatar,” the President emphasized.