JERUSALEM, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Bahrain announced the opening of negotiations for reaching a free trade agreement, Israel's Ministry of Economy and Industry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The launch of negotiations was announced in the Bahraini capital of Manama by the Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivay and Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce Zayed Bin Rashid Al Zayani.
