CP MEETS BROWN IN LONDON

BAHRAIN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM HAVE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE EVER GROWING RELATIONS AND COMMON KEENNESS TO BOLSTER BILATERAL TIES IN ALL FIELDS.

 THIS CAME AS CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE BDF SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD  AL KHALIFA MET IN LONDON TODAY WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN WHO WELCOMED HIM TO THE U.K. AND HAILED HIS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BILATERAL COOPERATION TIES.

THEY ALSO DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF ISSUES, TOPPED BY THAT OF THE MIDDLE EAST, STRESSING ON THE NEED FOR PERMANENT AND JUST PEACE IN THE REGION.

SHAIKH SALMAN AND BROWN EXPRESSED HOPE THAT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS COULD SOON CONTAIN THE  REPERCUSSIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRUNCH.

WHAT BAHRAIN COULD DO TO REVIVE CAPITAL MARKETS AND STABILIZE THEM WAS ALSO REVIEWED ALONG WITH OTHER ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE INTERIOR MINISTER LT.GENERAL SHAIKH RASHID BIN ABDULLAH AL KHALIFA,  FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA AND BAHRAIN’S AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN ALI AL KHALIFA.