The Royal Court announced today that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will leave the kingdom on Tuesday, February 18 on an official state visit to friendly India at the invitation of tHM the King will hold talks with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior officials on the solid historical relations bonding the two countries and their friendly peoples and ways of bolstering them, as well as the latest regional and global developments and issues of mutual concern.