Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Visits India Feb 18 - 20,2014

 

The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Tuesday Feb 17,2014 arrived in New Delhi

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is on a state visit to India from February 18 to February 20 at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa during his first visit to India will meet President and Vice President of India and will hold delegation-level discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on bilateral, regional and global issues

   

 

    

Bahrain is an important trading partner for India with our non-oil bilateral trade in 2012-13 exceeding US$ 1.3 billion. Over 350,000 Indian nationals work and contribute to the development of Bahrain

 

 

After talks between Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, both sides inked three pacts to strengthen ties in the fields of -

 

• economic engagement
• sports and 
• to ensure cooperation between Foreign Service Institute of External Affairs Ministry and the Diplomatic Institute of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain

The MoU in the fields of youth and sports aims at strengthening bilateral cooperation through institutional exchanges particularly through exchange of youth and sports teams in various disciplines

The MoU on the establishment of a "High Joint Commission" for Bilateral Cooperation will replace the existing Joint Committee for Technical and Economic Cooperation established in 1981.

The "High Joint Commission", to be chaired by the Foreign Ministers, will serve as an umbrella framework for all cooperation between the two countries.

Another MoU was signed between the Foreign Service Institute and the Diplomatic Institute of Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote cooperation between the two organisations.