Bahraini-Indian relations discussed

Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa received today Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid. He hailed the Indian minister's participation in the Manama Dialogue, which is organised by the Foreign Ministry in cooperation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, lauding distinguished relations of friendship between Bahrain and India. He also praised the role of the Indian community in various economic, cultural and social fields. On his part, the Indian minister commended solid ties of friendship binding both countries, expressing happiness about laying the foundation stone of the Indian embassy in Bahrain. Both sides discussed ways of bolstering bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional and international issues of common interests.