Both the sides reviewed the economic partnership between both the countries and ways of bolstering it

India's new Ambassador to Bahrain Piyush Srivastava met Bahrain's Minister of Finance and National Economy Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa on Sunday and discussed several ways to strengthen India-Bahrain cooperation in the financial and business sectors.

"Ambassador Piyush Srivastava called on HE Sheikh Salman AlKhalifa Minister Of Finance And National Economy discussed the development of Bahrain-India Relations on various levels which contributed to strengthening bilateral cooperation in the Financial and Business Sector," Indian Embassy in Bahrain tweeted.

Both the sides reviewed the economic partnership between both the countries and ways of bolstering it to provide more promising investment opportunities, according to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

They also discussed issues of common interest and the latest global economic developments.

India and Bahrain share cordial bilateral relationship and the trade cooperation between both sides date back to more than 5000 years ago.

Recently, Indian embassy in Bahrain achieved a milestone of 100 flights under the Vande Bharat mission. Over 29000 Indians have travelled from Bahrain to India and over 5000 Indian nationals have traveled from India to Bahrain under the VBM arrangement.

“@IndiainBahrain achieves another milestone with 100th special flight under #VandeBharatMission departing from Bahrain today. #AirBubbleIndiaBahrain,” the Indian embassy tweeted.