Manama: 29 July 2021 (TDI)
The Foreign Minister of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan is on his official tour to the Kingdom of Bahrain to attend the second meeting of the Bahrain-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Committee. The FM of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi was welcomed at the Manama International Airport by the Foreign Minister of Bahrain Rashid Al Zayani.
The topics under discussion during this meeting were the efforts to develop bilateral ties and to benefit the brotherly relations between both countries. Both the leaders stressed cooperation in different sectors such as economics, trade, and investment fields to serve the common interests of both nations.
Both the leaders remarked that the strong defense ties between the two countries are helpful in the promotion of bilateral cooperation in the field of economy and trade.
The FM of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi appreciated the steps taken by the government of Bahrain in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Pakistani community living in the Kingdom of Bahrain did not have to face a tense situation.
Whereas the Interior Minister of Bahrain appreciated the Pakistani community’s positive role in the progress and development of Bahrain.
The core part of this meeting was the signing of the MoU between the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority whose purpose was cooperation for joint investment in the industrial sector and high-level meetings in agriculture, trade, labor, manpower, oil, and gas, etc. It was altogether a productive visit of FM of Pakistan to Bahrain. It was further done to enhance the B2B interaction between businessmen of both nations.
