King of Bahrain to visit Russia on December 1-2

MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa will visit Moscow on December 1-2 on the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin press office said on Sunday.

"Russian-Bahraini talks at the highest level are planned for December 2," the press office said.

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a chain of islands in the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia and is the smallest Arab country. Bahrain consists of three relatively large and a host of small islands 16 km (10 miles) east of the coast of Saudi Arabia and is linked to it by a causeway.