Bahrain’s Ambassador to Russia, Dr. Hashim Hassan Al-Bash participated in St. Petersburg 16th International Economic Forum held from 21 to 23 of June 2012, which focused on issues of modernizing and diversifying the Russian Economy and ways to benefit from the countries of the world to achieve that.
There was also participation from some Arab and foreign ambassadors accredited in Moscow, a number of ministers, senior officials and businessmen from some Arab and foreign countries, in addition to a large crowd of representatives of the Russian and international media.
The number of participants in that forum was around 5000 delegates representing more than 50 countries in the world. Meanwhile, the forum included an open dialogue between officials and Russian and Arab businessmen, where the two parties expressed optimism for the development of Arab and Russian economic relations.