The ninth meeting of the Joint Egyptian-Bahraini committee will kick off in Cairo on Tuesday.

The meeting will be co-chaired by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Bahraini counterpart Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa 

The two sides are scheduled to agree on a new mechanism for political consultation on bilateral, regional and international issues.

Earlier on Saturday, the preparatory meetings started and will resume on Sunday.

Source: MENA