OREANDA-NEWS. April 22, 2008. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, taking part in the work of the international conference on Iraq in Kuwait City, met on April 22 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Khaled Al Khalifa.

The ministers discussed the state of affairs in bilateral relations and prospects for their development. In this context the importance was noted of maintaining an intense political dialogue and interaction on key international and regional problems. The mindset of stepping up economic, commercial and investment cooperation was reaffirmed.

The exchange of views on Middle East themes confirmed the identity or similarity of Russia’s and Bahrain’s positions on a broad spectrum of issues featuring the regional agenda.