Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (born 24 April 1960) is a Bahraini diplomat who served as Bahrain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 until January 2020.

[3] Khalid bin Ahmed joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain at the rank of third secretary on 1 March 1985.

[5] In May 2018 he expressed his support of Israeli airstrikes in Syria against Iranian targets, saying "it is the right of any country in the region, including Israel to defend itself by destroying sources of danger".

[6] On 14 February 2019, Khalid bin Ahmed said that Israelis and Palestinians would be closer to a peace agreement if not for Iran's malign behavior.

The Palestinian Authority boycotted the two-day economic conference due to the White House's perceived Israeli bias.