India, Bahrain mark golden jubilee of diplomatic ties
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India and Bahrain are celebrating this year the golden jubilee of their diplomatic relations, said the India's Ministry of External Affairs in statement.
Coinciding with this important occasion, V Muraleedharan, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, began yesterday (April 30) a three-day visit to Bahrain. This is his maiden visit to Bahrain.
The Indian delegation was received at the Bahrain International Airport by the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Undersecretary for Consular and Administrative Affairs, Ambassador Tawfeeq Ahmed Al Mansoor, and the Indian Ambassador Piyush Srivastava, as well as a number of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On the first day of his visit, Muraleedharan had a meeting with Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He will be holding discussions with Bahraini ministers and dignitaries during his visit. The visit is part of India’s continuing engagement of countries in the Gulf region.
The minister will also meet a wide cross-section of the Indian community in Bahrain, including those in health, education, business and social service sector, said the statement.
About 350,000 Indians live in the kingdom and India-Bahrain bilateral trade is around $1 billion.-TradeArabia News Service
