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3 March 2009

ECONOMIC RECESSION TO EASE BY MID NEXT YEAR SAYS CROWN PRINCE

CROWN PRINCE  AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA EXPRESSED  HOPE THAT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION  IN THE REGION WILL IMPROVE BY MID NEXT  YEAR AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS  BECOME MORE STABLE.

THESE REMARKS CAME AS THE CROWN PRINCE  RECEIVED AT RIFFA PALACE TODAY  SHAFEEQ JABER, WHO WAS IN BAHRAIN TO  TAKE PART IN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING  CONFERENCE, HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE  OF WIFE OF HM THE KING AND CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL FOR WOMEN (SCW)  SHAIKHA SABEEKA BINT IBRAHIM AL  KHALIFA. 

IN ALL THE ECONOMIC STEPS TAKEN UNDER  THE DIRECTIVES OF HM KING HAMAD BIN  ISA AL KHALIFA AND IN CONSONANCE WITH THE  BAHRAIN ECONOMIC VISION 2030, THE  GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THE HUMAN BEING  AS THE MEANS AND TARGET OF  DEVELOPMENT, SHAIKH SALMAN TOLD HIS  GUEST.

THE CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMANS  IS THE FRUIT OF THE EFFORTS OF HH  SHAIKHA SABEEKA BINT IBRAHIM AL KHALIFA  AND SOMETHING EMANATING FROM HER  HUMANITARIAN STANCE THAT CONSIDERS  TRAFFICKING IN HUMANS A NATIONAL  CONCERN. 

SHAIKH SALMAN SAID BAHRAIN HAS BEEN AND  IS STILL WORKING ON ATTRACTING   INVESTORS AND CAPITALS TO EASE THE  IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRUNCH.

DURING THE AUDIENCE WHICH WAS ALSO  ATTENDED BY EDB CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHAIKH  MOHAMMED BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND HEAD OF  CROWN PRINCE’S COURT SHAIKH KHALIFA  BIN DAIJ AL KHALIFA,  SHAFEEQ JABR  ATTRIBUTED BAHRAIN’S SAFETY FROM THE  ECONOMIC CRISIS TO ITS ‘WISE, RATIONAL AND  FLEXIBLE’ POLICIES.