CP VALUES US PEACE EFFORTS

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY  SUPREME COMMANDER  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA VALUED TODAY THE  EFFORTS BEING EXERTED  BY THE US ADMINISTRATION TO PROMOTE PEACE IN THE  REGION.

HE WAS SPEAKING AS HE RECEIVED TODAY US ACTING  ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF  NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN. HE ALSO URGED TO EXERT MORE EFFORTS TO REACH THE  ASPIRED GOALS UNDERLINING  BAHRAIN’S READINESS TO EXTEND EVERY SUPPORT.

THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO COMMENDED THE NEW US  ADMINISTRATION’S TENDENCY  TO WORK OUT PRACTICAL AND OBJECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR  VARIOUS REGIONAL ISSUES. HE  HAILED, IN THIS CONTEXT, THE SPEECH GIVEN BY US  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN  HIS ADDRESS TO THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC WORLD FROM  CAIRO.

SHAIKH SALMAN EMPHASIZED THE KINGDOM’S BACKING OF  THE US  ADMINISTRATION’S ENDEAVOUR TO LAY BRIDGES OF  COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTE  CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE IN ORDER TO ENSURE REGIONAL  PEACE AND STABILITY.

HE DISCUSSED WITH THE US AMBASSADOR THE SITUATION IN  THE REGION AND THE  MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS STRESSING BAHRAIN’S  SUPPORT TO THE EFFORTS  EXERTED IN THIS REGARD.

THE CROWN PRINCE COMMENDED STRONG TIES BONDING  BOTH COUNTRIES IN  VARIOUS FIELDS STRESSING BAHRAIN’S KEENNESS TO  FURTHER CEMENT THEM. THE US AMBASSADOR PRAISED DISTINGUISHED BILATERAL  RELATIONS POINTING OUT  HIS COUNTRY’S INTEREST IN FURTHER SOLIDIFYING THEM.

HE ALSO UNDERSCORED BAHRAIN’S KEY ROLE, UNDER THE  LEADERSHIP OF HIS  MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, AS A STRATEGIC  PARTNER OF THE USA IN  PROMOTING REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.

HE ALSO WELCOMED A PROSPECTIVE VISIT BY THE CROWN  PRINCE TO THE USA  STRESSING US OFFICIALS’ KEENNESS TO DISCUSS KEY  ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN  WITH HIM.

THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH  KHALID BIN AHMED  BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA, CROWN PRINCE COURT’S HEAD  SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN  DAIJ AL KHALIFA AND CHARGE D’AFFAIRES OF THE US  EMBASSY IN BAHRAIN  CHRISTOPHER HENZEL.