His Excellency Ambassador Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to New Zealand (non-resident) met with Mr Stewart Horne, Director General, Middle East and Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the Capital Wellington. The two sides reviewed the concerted efforts to strengthen the bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and New Zealand which were based on cordiality, friendship, cooperation and mutual respect and ways to strengthen them. They also discussed issues of common interest.