Overview
- Jaishankar concluded a visit to Bahrain this week with meetings that included an audience with King Hamad and talks with Crown Prince Salman and other top officials where he thanked hosts for safeguarding Indians.
- He held formal talks with Bahrain’s foreign and deputy prime ministers to review bilateral ties and explore cooperation across trade, energy, technology, health and defence.
- In Kuwait Jaishankar met the Crown Prince, the foreign minister and the defence minister to review the India‑Kuwait Strategic Partnership and to discuss defence and maritime security as well as diaspora welfare.
- The Gulf engagements took place after a June 17 agreement that eased direct US‑Iran hostilities and followed earlier Iranian strikes on Bahrain, making regional security a key topic in the ministers’ exchanges.
- Jaishankar’s tour will continue to Oman and then to New York and Brussels for India’s UN Security Council campaign and meetings with EU partners, a push that signals New Delhi’s larger diplomatic and strategic outreach in the region.