Ambassador of Malaysia to Bahrain | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Seat | Manama, Bahrain |
Appointer | Yang di-Pertuan Agong |
Inaugural holder | Naimun Ashakli Mohammad |
Formation | 2003 |
Website | www |
The ambassador of Malaysia to the Kingdom of Bahrain is the head of Malaysia's diplomatic mission to Bahrain. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the Embassy of Malaysia, Manama.
Ambassador [1] | Term start | Term end |
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Naimun Ashakli Mohammad | 2003 | 2007 |
Syed Sultan Syed Idris | 2007 | 2011 |
Ahmad Shahizan Abd Samad | 22 November 2011 | 13 January 2017 |
Agus Salim Yusof | 13 April 2017 | 15 June 2021 |
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Relations exist between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Relations between the two countries are close and friendly, with the U.A.E. having an embassy in Manama while Bahrain maintains its embassy in Abu Dhabi. Both states are geographically a part of the Persian Gulf and lie in close proximity to one another; both are also members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
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Bilateral relations exist between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Bahrain. They first began in 1971.
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Political and economic relations exist between the State of Palestine and the Kingdom of Bahrain. The State of Palestine has an embassy in Manama. But Bahrain does not have a representative office or embassy in the State of Palestine. The two countries form part of the Middle East region and share strong and similar cultural ties together. Hundreds of Palestinians reside in Bahrain to live and work.
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