CP RECEIVES GCC SECRETARY GENERAL

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA ASSERTED THE KINGDOM’S SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT OF  THE GCC MONETARY UNION AND THE NECESSITY TO BE CAUTIOUS IN UNDERTAKING THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO  PROVIDE ALL THE FINANCIAL AND LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ECONOMIC PRIVACY  OF THE MEMBER STATES.

SHAIKH SALMAN WAS SPEAKING DURING HIS MEETING WITH GCC SECRETARY GENERAL ABDULRAHMAN BIN HAMAD  AL-ATTIYAH AT RIFFA PALACE TODAY. THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WISE LEADERSHIP BOLSTERS ALL THE EFFORTS AIMED AT PAVING THE WAY FOR THE  GCC MONETARY UNION PROJECT, SHAIKH SALMAN SAID.

SHAIKH SALMAN DISCUSSED ISSUES PERTAINING TO GCC JOINT ACTION INDICATING THE KINGDOM’S INTEREST  TO BUILD RAILWAYS LINKING BAHRAIN WITH SAUDI ARABIA TO ENHANCE GCC TRADE EXCHANGE.

SHAIKH SALMAN STRESSED THE NECESSITY TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE RAILWAYS INTO CONSIDERATION  TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS FACTORIES, GARDENS AND CITIES.

SHAIKH SALMAN HAILED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE GCC GENERAL SECRETARIAT IN FOLLOWING UP THE  DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL INCLUDING HAMAD’S CAUSEWAY WHICH LINKS BAHRAIN WITH QATAR AND THE  ELECTRICITY GRID NETWORK PROJECT. 

ON HIS PART, AL-ATTIYAH HAILED SHAIKH SALMAN’S SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS PERTAINING TO GCC ISSUES  EXPRESSING THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE KINGDOM’S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT GCC JOINT ACTION.

THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL  KHALIFA AND CROWN PRINCE COURT’S HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DUAIJ AL KHALIFA.