Ambassador Fatima Abdulla Al-Dhaen, Chief of Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met Dr. Piti Srisangnam, ASEAN Foundation Executive Director.
Ambassador Al-Dhaen held the meeting on the sidelines of her participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business and Investment Summit (ABIS), and the ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Forum (AIPF), as well as their accompanying events, held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The two sides reviewed the existing relations between Bahrain and ASEAN, as well as ways to enhance them through ASEAN Foundation in the fields of arts, culture, education, digital empowerment and others.
Founded in 1977, the ASEAN Foundation aims to accelerate economic, social and cultural development across ASEAN countries.
The Kingdom of Bahrain ratified the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) and its amended protocols in 2019, and was the third Arab country to do so at that time.
Source: Bahrain News Agency