Doha, March 14, SPA -- Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani has received messages from the Indian and Italian Presidents, DR. A.B.J. Abdul KALAM and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, respectively. The messages were delivered to Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud by the Italian and Indian ambassadors to Qatar during separate meetings in Doha earlier today. The Qatari News Agency reported that the two messages were on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest.--SPA 1343 Local Time 1043 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/246642