AlQa'dah 21, 1434, Sep 27, 2013, SPA -- Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa met with Maltese Foreign Minister George Vella on the sidelines of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly. According to dpa, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding to promote political consultation between the ministries of foreign affairs in the two countries. The two ministers agreed to back their countries' respective nominees to the UN agencies and other international organizations. They reviewed relations of friendship and cooperation bonding the Kingdom of Bahrain and Malta and ways of bolstering bilateral ties further, as well as key issues featuring on the agenda of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly.