In a meeting with Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his country would respond to a bullying attack on any country in the region, and called on Bahrain to prevent the use of its territory for an attadk on Iran.
The Bahraini foreign minister said that his country opposed a buildup of foreign forces in the region, because he saw it as a regional threat.
Representatives of both countries signed a security, economic, and trade cooperation document.
Sources: Al-Rai, Kuwait, June 30, 2010; Iranian presidency website, Iran, June 29, 2010
