CP RECEIVES IRANIAN AMBASSADOR

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS  PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, THE DEPUTY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING, CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY  SUPREME COMMANDER TODAY REITERATED THE CALL FOR IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TRANSPARENT  REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, NOTING THAT BAHRAIN IS FOR A REGION FREE FROM WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

HRH PRINCE SALMAN WAS SPEAKING AS HE RECEIVED  IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO BAHRAIN HUSSEIN AMIR  ABDULLAHYAN AT RIFFA PALACE. HRH CROWN PRINCE SAID THAT IRAN SHOULD ADHERE TO ITS  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ALLIANCE AND CONSOLIDATE  ITS VITAL REGIONAL ROLE REFLECTING ITS DEEPLY-ROOTED  CIVILISATION AND ITS PEOPLE’S ASPIRATIONS FOR  PROGRESS  AND PROSPERITY.  AS FAR AS IRAN IS CONCERNED, DIALOGUE WITH THE WEST  IS  STILL POSSIBLE, HRH CROWN PRINCE ADDED, NOTING THAT  MANAMA DIALOGUE FORUM WAS CAREFULLY PLANNED SO AS  TO HELP SOLVE WORLD CRISES.

THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR PRAISED HRH PRINCE SALMAN’S HIGH REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY  AND ECONOMIC FAR-SIGHTEDNESS, ADDING THAT THE  REGION SHOULD AVAIL OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS TO FIND  SOLUTIONS  TO CONFLICTS AND DEVELOP THEIR ECONOMIES. HE ALSO HAILED BAHRAIN’S REGIONAL IMPARTIAL POLITICAL  ROLE, ASSERTING THAT IRAN ALWAYS TRIES TO PROFIT  FROM THIS  ROLE POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, FINANCIALLY AND  CULTURALLY.

DURING THE MEETING, THE AMBASSADOR CONVEYED TO HRH PRINCE SALMAN THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT’S INVITATION  TO VISIT IRAN. HEAD OF CROWN PRINCE’S COURT SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN  DUAIJ AL KHALIFA WAS PRESENT.