Overview
- Both sides launched negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, noted progress toward a bilateral investment treaty, and agreed to begin talks on a double taxation avoidance pact.
- India and Bahrain unequivocally condemned terrorism, including the April Pahalgam attack, and committed to stronger intelligence sharing, cyber cooperation and capacity building.
- Maritime security featured prominently with India’s role in the Combined Maritime Forces in Manama and a September visit by three Indian naval ships to Bahrain.
- Cooperation is set to broaden into space, fintech and cyber, with an MoU being finalised between the Bahrain Space Agency and NewSpace India Limited.
- People-to-people measures included India’s July rollout of e-visas for Bahraini nationals and recognition of Bahraini clemency for Indian citizens, as India also reiterated support for the Gaza peace plan and the next HJC was slated for Bahrain.