Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will visit Bahrain from December 7-9. In his first visit to the Gulf nation after assuming office, he will meet and hold high level discussions with the leadership of the country.
During this three-day visit, he will address a special session of the ninth Manama Dialogue, an international conference organised jointly by the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the government of Bahrain. He is also expected to chair a conference of the Indian Heads of Missions from the region.
Khurshid will also lay the foundation stone for the premises of the new Indian Chancery, to be built in Seef.
India and Bahrain enjoy warm bilateral relations. Bahrain is an important trading partner for India with our non-oil bilateral trade exceeding $ 1.3 billion in 2012-13. Over 350,000 Indian nationals work and contribute to the development of Bahrain.