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Manama Dialogue kicks off tonight with 4000 attendees from 50 countries

Manama, Bahrain ·

The 22nd edition of the Manama Dialogue, organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, opens on Friday evening. Heads of state, defence and foreign ministers, and experts from various continents are taking part, and the institute's Middle East executive praised the forum at a press conference held earlier.

The Manama Dialogue is an annual security forum in Bahrain organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), bringing together defence and foreign ministers and officials to discuss regional and global security.

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