US VICE PRESIDENT MEETS CP

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER   SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA MET TODAY WITH US VICE PRESIDENT  JOE  BIDEN.

THEY DISCUSSED STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF  COOPERATION TO  FURTHER BOLSTER THEM IN VARIOUS FIELDS FOR THE COMMON INTEREST OF  BOTH COUNTRIES AND  THEIR PEOPLES.

THE CROWN PRINCE LAUDED EFFORTS BEING EXERTED BY THE US PRESIDENT TO  PUSH THE  MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS FORWARD .

DISCUSSIONS ALSO FOCUSED ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE NEED TO  WORK OUT  APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY AND  STABILITY.

SHAIKH SALMAN UNDERLINED BAHRAIN’S SUPPORT TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IN  ITS BID TO  RESTORE STABILITY TO THE COUNTRY.

BOTH SIDES AFFIRMED THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN IRAN IS AN INTERNAL  AFFAIR AND HOPED  FOR RAPID SOLUTIONS IN THIS REGARD.THEY ALSO DISCUSSED REGIONAL AND  INTERNATIONAL  ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST.