HM’S DEPUTY RECEIVES US NAVY SECRETARY

DEPUTY OF HIS  MAJESTY THE KING, CROWN PRINCE SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA ATTRIBUTED  THE CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT WITNESSED  BY THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN TO THE EFFORTS  OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHO  WAS THE ARCHITECT OF BAHRAIN’S  MODERNIZATION AND PROSPERITY.

SPEAKING AT A MEETING WITH US NAVY  SECRETARY RAYMOND MABUS IN THE PRESENCE OF  STATE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE AFFAIRS  SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ABDULLAH AL KHALIFA, SHAIKH  SALMAN DESCRIBED BAHRAINI-US TIES  AS A FORM OF CONSTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL  RELATIONS BASED ON RECIPROCAL COOPERATION, COMMON INTERESTS AND  MUTUAL RESPECT OF EACH COUNTRY’S  SOVEREIGNTY.

THE DEPUTY KING SAID THE KEY POSITIVE  ROLE OF THE US NAVY REFLECTED A  CIVILIZATIONAL STRATEGY OF INTERACTION  AMONG NATIONS AND POINTED OUT  TO THE DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS THAT DATE  BACK TO MANY DECADES MAINLY IN  EDUCATION, HAILING IN PARTICULAR THE ROLE  PLAYED BY THE US NAVY IN PRESERVING  SECURITY AND STABILITY IN THE GULF REGION.

ON HIS PART, THE US OFFICIAL LAUDED THE  STUNNINGLY FAST-PACED GROWTH IN THE  KINGDOM AND EXPRESSED DETERMINATION TO  BOLSTER US TIES WITH BAHRAIN IN  ALL FIELDS. HE ALSO BRIEFED THE DEPUTY KING ON THE US  NAVY’S FUTURE PLANS AND  PROGRAMMES.

CROWN PRINCE’S PERSONAL SECRETARY  SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, US  AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM JOSEPH ADAM  ERELI AND MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION  ACCOMPANYING THE US SECRETARY WERE  PRESENT.