AKIPRESS.COM - President Sadyr Japarov held talks with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as part of an official visit to Bahrain on April 21.

The parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, exchanged views on the prospects for deepening cooperation in the political, trade and economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian and other spheres, the Presidential Administration reported.

The leaders noted the importance of building contacts at all levels and implementing joint projects that will lay the foundation for the progressive development of relations between Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain.

Sadyr Japarov said that it was an honor for him "to pay an official visit to Bahrain as the President of Kyrgyzstan for the first time in the history of Kyrgyz-Bahraini relations."

He invited King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to pay a return visit to Kyrgyzstan.