The 2nd Meeting of the Bahrain-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Commission

The 2nd Meeting of the Bahrain-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Commission

The 2nd Meeting of the Bahrain-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Commission was held on 28-29 July 2021 in Manama. The Bahraini side was chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, while the Pakistani side was chaired by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. This comes within the framework of the agreement to establish a Joint Ministerial Commission, which was signed between the two countries in 2014. Dr. Al Zayani welcomed the Pakistani delegation and expressed his keen interest in furthering the deep-rooted bilateral relationship between the two countries. He highlighted the importance of high-level visits, which contributed to strengthening and consolidating those relations, recalling the visit of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa to Pakistan in February 2014, and the visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on 16 December 2019. Dr. Al Zayani commended the contribution of the expatriate Pakistani community to the Kingdom’s development, which comes in line with the humanitarian directives of His Majesty the King, and in accordance with true Bahraini values and principles. He noted that Bahrain was keen to extend its utmost care to the Pakistani residents throughout the