Kathmandu: The Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) and the Qatar News Agency (QNA) have signed an agreement on news exchange here today. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agreement was signed between the two state-run news agencies here today in course of the two-day state visit of Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The Qatar Amir arrived Nepal on last Tuesday at the invitation of President Ramchandra Paudel. The agreement signing ceremony took place in the witness of the Qatari Amir and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', according to Dr Rupak Sapkota, PM Dahal's Advisor on Foreign Affairs. The exchange of news between the two state-run news agencies is expected to facilitate various media here and in Qatar to access news from both countries thereby benefiting the people of the both countries. RSS, the only state-run news agency in the country, was established in 2061 while the QNA on May 25, 1975. Source: National News Agency RSS