RIYADH: The Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council held a meeting of its economy, energy, trade and industry committee to discuss ways to enhance joint bilateral cooperation The third meeting of its kind, which was held virtually, was co-chaired by Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim and Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa. The two sides reviewed the committee’s main initiatives and their implementation mechanisms, as well as ways to strengthen economic cooperation to achieve common interests. The Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council was established in July 2019, and it supervises all areas of cooperation and joint work between the two kingdoms. It aims to do this through regular and sustainable institutional work to raise the level of cooperation in the political, economic, security, military, investment, cultural, and development fields.