HRH PREMIER RECEIVES CP

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRIME MINISTER PRINCE KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA  RECEIVED AT HIS COURT TODAY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL  KHALIFA, THE CROWN PRINCE, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) CHAIRMAN.

BOTH LEADERS LAUDED THE HIGH NATIONAL SPIRIT AS WELL AS STRONG PATRIOTISM  SHOWN BY CITIZENS DURING THE  KINGDOM’S CELEBRATIONS OF ITS 38TH  NATIONAL DAY AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF  HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD’S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.THEY ALSO  HAILED BAHRAIN’S PROGRESS IN VARIOUS  FIELDS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS  STRESSING THAT THE PAST DECADE WAS A  TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THE  KINGDOM WITH MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS BOOSTING ITS  REPUTATION INTERNATIONALLY.

THE TWO LEADERS HAILED THE OUTCOME OF THE GCC SUMMIT, HELD RECENTLY IN KUWAIT,  WHICH, THEY SAID, WOULD  PUSH JOINT COOPERATION TO A MORE ADVANCED LEVEL.THEY URGED TO CONTINUE  EFFORTS TO CONCRETIZE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE GCC LEADERS AND PAVE THE  WAY FOR MORE PROJECTS TO PROMOTE GCC JOINT WORK.

THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC  SITUATION WAS ALSO DISCUSSED WHILE  UNDERLINING THE NEED TO TAKE  THE NECESSARY PREEMPTIVE MEASURES TO  PROTECT THE NATIONAL ECONOMY FROM THE  REPERCUSSIONS OF ANY OTHER CRISES.

BOTH LEADERS DISCUSSED PLANS TO  FURTHER PROMOTE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY  AND WOO INVESTMENTS EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO DISCLOSE ECONOMIC DATA  REGULARLY, INCLUDING THE KINGDOM’S  GROWTH INDICES. THEY ALSO REVIEWED EXECUTION OF HOUSING  AND INFRA-STRUCTURE PROJECTS  REITERATING THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THIS RESPECT. THEY ALSO DIRECTED TO TAKE INTO  CONSIDERATION PRIORITY GIVEN BY THE  LEADERSHIP TO MAINLY ECONOMIC AND  SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHEN DECIDING FUTURE STATE BUDGETS.