India signs pact with Bahrain for cooperation on terrorism

NEW DELHI: India today signed a pact with Bahrain on cooperation in combating international terrorism and transnational organised crime.

The agreement was signed after a meeting between the two countries co-chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Bahrain's Interior Minister Lt General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa here.

After the delegation-level meeting, an agreement on cooperation in combating international terrorism, transnational organised crime and trafficking in illicit, drugs, narcotic and psychotropic substances and precursors chemicals was signed between the two countries, an official release said.

Lt General Khalifa is on an official visit to India from December 1 to December 4 at the invitation of the Home Minister.

India and Bahrain have close and friendly relations, characterised by shared interests, mutual trust and excellent people-to-people contacts.

Over 4,00,000 Indian nationals work and contribute to the development of Bahrain.

The visit is expected to provide fresh impetus to the bilateral ties, the release said.