Bahrain, Malawi to establish diplomatic relations

Bahrain and the Republic of Malawi have decided to establish diplomatic relations. The Gulf News Agency quoted a joint statement released in the two countries' capitals yesterday as saying that the state of Bahrain and the Republic of Malawi, based on their mutual desire to strengthen friendship and cooperation relations, decided to establish official diplomatic ties on the ambassadorial level according to items of Vienna agreement for diplomatic relations signed on April 18, 1961.

The statement added that the decision enacted to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries falls in the course of strengthening bilateral cooperation in various fields of concern and on mutual care to boost these relations which are built on mutual respect, guaranteeing territorial sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of each of the two countries and in compliance with their commitment to the UN's objectives and principles in supporting world peace and security.