CP RECEIVES US DELEGATION

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME  COMMANDER SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA TODAY EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE REGION  WOULD  EMBARK ON A NEW OF CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE PREVAILS IN SOLVING ALL ISSUES.

WHAT IS HIGHLY REQUIRED TODAY IS TO AVOID ESCALATION AND FOCUS ON  DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS AS ALL SIDES SHOWED POSITIVE SIGNS IN THIS  DIRECTION, THE CROWN PRINCE SAID AS HE RECEIVED IN MANAMA TODAY A US  CONGRESS DELEGATION.

TALKING ABOUT BAHRAIN-US RELATIONS, THE CROWN PRINCE DESCRIBED THE  100- YEAR OLD TIES AS STRONG AND CONSTANTLY GAINING MOMENTUM WITH THE  CONSIDERATION OF BAHRAIN AS A STRATEGIC ALLY FOR THE USA.

BILATERAL RELATIONS ARE PROGRESSING IN ALL ECONOMIC, POLITICAL,  SECURITY,  SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FIELDS, THE CROWN PRINCE SAID, VOWING TO FURTHER  BOLSTER THEM FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.

HE ALSO SPOKE OF THE POLITICAL FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC LIBERTY THAT HM  KING  HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WAS KEEN TO EMBED IN THE LEGISLATURE AND  JUDICIARY AREAS  TO REFLECT POSITIVELY ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE OF THE  CITIZENS.

HM REFORMS HAVE BEEN A CATALYST BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE  NATIONAL  ECONOMY, INCREASE OF INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUMAN  RESOURCES, THE FACT THAT AUGMENTED PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATED THE  NATIONAL WORKFORCE THANKS TO THE SOUND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL  POLICIES, HE ADDED.

THE US DELEGATION EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR THE  ROYAL DEVELOPMENT AND   REFORM EFFORTS AND THOSE OF THE CROWN PRINCE IN STRENGTHENING BAHRAIN-  US TIES.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE THE STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  HEAD OF  THE CROWN PRINCE’S COURT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER OFFICIALS AS WELL AS  THE  US CHARGE D’AFFAIRES TO BAHRAIN.