CP RECEIVES JAPANESE PREMIER SPECIAL ENVOY

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY  SUPREME COMMANDER  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA HAILED TODAY  GROWING RELATIONS BETWEEN  BAHRAIN AND JAPAN IN VARIOUS FIELDS.

HE WAS SPEAKING AS HE RECEIVED TODAY FORMER  JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, MEMBER OF  THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND PREMIER’S SPECIAL ENVOY  YASUO FUKUDA. THEY DISCUSSED BILATERAL ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL  COOPERATION AND ISSUES OF  COMMON INTEREST.

FUKUDA COMMENDED THE CROWN PRINCE’S ROLE IN  STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ECONOMIC  TIES LAUDING HIS HISTORIC VISIT LAST YEAR.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE MINISTER OF CABINET  AFFAIRS SHAIKH AHMED BIN  ATIYATALLAH AL KHALIFA, CROWN PRINCE COURT’S HEAD  SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DUAIJ AL  KHALIFA AND JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO BAHRAIN TAKESHI  KONDO.