CP VISITS PRESIDENT GUL AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MANAMA

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER  SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA PAID A VISIT THIS EVENING TO TURKISH  PRESIDENT  ABDULLAH GUL AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MANAMA.

THEY DISCUSSED THE EXCELLENT BILATERAL TIES AND WAYS OF DEVELOPING  THEM  NOTABLY IN THE ECONOMIC AREAS. THE CROWN PRINCE LAUDED THE TURKISH STANCES TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF  BAHRAIN  AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE REGION FOR THE SAKE OF CULTURAL DIALOGUE  AND  SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICTS MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THE VISIT PAID BY HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA TO TURKEY LAID THE  FOUNDATIONS OF SOLID BILATERAL TIES THAT CAN BENEFIT BOTH SIDES THROUGH  TURKEY’S TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU AND BAHRAIN’S TRADE AGREEMENT  WITH THE US  ALONG WITH THE FACILITIES BAHRAIN OFFERS TO TURKISH INVESTORS AND THE  EFFORTS IT EXERTS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A GCC-TURKISH STRATEGIC DIALOGUE,  SHAIKH SALMAN NOTED.

THE TURKISH PRESIDENT WATCHED A PRESENTATION BY EDB CHIEF EXECUTIVE  SHAIKH  MOHAMMED BIN ISA AL KHALIFA ON BAHRAIN ECONOMIC VISION 2030, THE  NATIONAL  ECONOMIC STRATEGY, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FACILITIES AND POTENTIALS  MAINLY IN FINANCIAL AND BANKING SECTORS AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY  THE  ISLAMIC BANKING SECTOR IN PARTICULAR.

ON HIS PART, PRESIDENT GUL LAUDED BAHRAIN’S POLICIES AIMED AT DIVERSIFYING  THE  SOURCES OF REVENUES WITHOUT RELIANCE ON THE OIL SECTOR ALONE AND  PRAISED THE  PACKAGE OF FACILITIES OFFERED TO INVESTORS.

HE ALSO EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR VISION 2030 AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC  STRATEGY AND HOW THEY WERE PERSISTENTLY PUT INTO EFFECT.