A spokesperson of the Punjab Chief Minister's Office described this meeting as a courtesy call to respond to Khattar's personal invitation to Badal.
During the informal interaction, both the Chief Ministers agreed to support and cooperate to further intensify their efforts for promotion and diversification of agriculture in Haryana and Punjab, he said.
Khattar informed Badal that Haryana has a Mushroom Research and Development Centre at Sonipat and Centre of Excellence for citrus fruits at Sirsa.
But today the production is being affected thus both the states should work together and take initiatives to increase their income, he said.
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In the meeting, Khattar and Badal agreed for widening of Ambala-Banur road for better connectivity to new airport terminal here.
Both the Chief Ministers also had a common opinion for construction of an underpass to link the old terminal with the new one for easier access to Chandigarh and Panchkula.
The Haryana CM said that this would help in developing a tourism circuit from Kurukshetra-Amritsar upto Himachal and attract both Indian and foreign tourists thus giving a boost to the tourism in a big way.
Earlier today, Khattar and his Cabinet colleagues gave a rousing welcome to Badal by offering him bouquets.
On the occasion, the Punjab Chief Minister inspected a guard of Honour and took salute from a contingent of Haryana Armed Police led by its Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ajit Singh.
Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal, Haryana Cabinet Ministers Anil Vij, Om Prakash Dhankhar, Kavita Jain, Abhimanyu and Rao Narbir Singh.