The parties discussed topical issues of cooperation and expressed their intention to further develop Russian-Bahraini relations in a friendly and mutually beneficial manner.
“Interaction will also be established through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the light of the procedure launched at the recent summit in Samarkand for Bahrain to obtain the status of an SCO dialogue partner,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
In December 2021, Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matvienko said during her visit to Bahrain that the two countries needed to develop relations.