India, Bahrain sign three pact

India and Bahrain decided to expand their cooperation in key areas, including trade and business, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Oil-rich nation  held wide -ranging talks on 19th February, 2014. 
List of MoUs/Agreements signed during the State Visit of King of Kingdom of Bahrain to India

S.No.	Name of Agreement/ MoU	Signatory from India	Signatory from Bahrain	Remarks
1	Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in the fields of Youth and Sports between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of India	Shri Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India	Prince Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports of the Kingdom of Bahrain	The MoU aims at promoting and strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the field of Sports & Youth through institutional exchanges particularly through exchange of youth and sports teams in various disciplines.
2	MoU on the Establishment of a "High Joint Commission” for Bilateral Cooperation between India and Bahrain	Shri Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India	HE Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain	This new MoU will replace the existing Joint Committee for the Technical and Economic Cooperation (established in 1981) by "High Joint Commission”, to be chaired by the Foreign Ministers, and will serve as an umbrella framework for all bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
3	MoU between the Foreign Service Institute of MEA and the Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain	Shri Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India	HE Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain	The MoU aims at promoting cooperation between the FSI and the Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, including exchange of information on structure and content of training programmes, exchange of trainees, students, faculty members, experts and researchers.