Archive · 27 Sep 2026
Sitharaman to Attend AIIB Annual Meeting During Qatar Visit
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will travel to Qatar from September 27 to 29, 2026.
She will attend an important meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Doha.
This meeting will take place on September 28.
Sitharaman will represent India as its governor at the bank.
India is the bank’s second-largest shareholder.
She is expected to meet the bank’s president and finance ministers from several countries.
She may also meet Qatar’s leaders and business people.
Officials from India’s Ministry of Finance will travel with her.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit Qatar from September 27 to 29, 2026.
She will attend the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s 11th annual meeting in Doha on September 28.
Sitharaman will participate as India’s governor to the AIIB, where India is the second-largest shareholder.
She is scheduled to meet the AIIB president and finance counterparts from Jordan, Switzerland, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Nepal.
The minister is also expected to meet Qatar’s leadership, business leaders, and investors.
- Who
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, leading a delegation of Ministry of Finance officials.
- What
- An official visit to Qatar and attendance at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s 11th Annual Meeting.
- When
- September 27-29, 2026; the AIIB meeting is scheduled for September 28.
- Where
- Qatar, including Doha.
- Why
- To attend the AIIB annual meeting and hold bilateral discussions with officials, business leaders, and investors.
- Visitor
- Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s Finance Minister
- Visit dates
- September 27-29, 2026
- Main event
- 11th Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Meeting date
- September 28, 2026
- Meeting location
- Doha, Qatar
- India’s AIIB role
- India is the second-largest shareholder and Sitharaman will attend as India’s governor
- Planned engagements
- Meetings with the AIIB president, foreign counterparts, Qatar’s leadership, business leaders, and investors