CP MEETS US AMBASSADOR

CROWN PRINCE AND  DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL  KHALIFA TODAY MET US AMBASSADOR TO  BAHRAIN JOSEPH ADAM ERELI.

 THE CROWN PRINCE SPOKE ON THE NATURE  OF THE STRATEGIC RELATION BETWEEN THE  TWO COUNTRIES AND THE NECESSITY  OF UPGRADING IT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE  GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGES.

THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO UNDERSCORED THE  IMPORTANCE OF ACHIEVING IMMEDIATE AND  POSITIVE PROGRESS IN THE  PEACE PROCESS, LEADING BY THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT  PALESTINIAN STATE TO MAINTAINING STABILITY  IN  THE MIDDLE EAST AND GIVING MODERATE ARAB  COUNTRIES A BOOST IN THEIR ENDEAVORS  TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT AND  ADVANCEMENT.

MEANWHILE, THE CROWN PRINCE NOTED THE  SINCERITY, COMMITMENT AND INTEREST IN THE  ISSUES OF THE REGION  EXHIBITED BY THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION  AND FOR WHICH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA  AND STATE SECRETARY  HILLARY CLINTON ARE KNOWN.THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO PRAISED THE NEW  SPIRIT EXPRESSED BY THE US IN ELECTING  PRESIDENT OBAMA.THE MEETING BETWEEN THE CROWN PRINCE  AND THE US AMBASSADOR ALSO TACKLED THE  SITUATION IN IRAQ.

ON THE RECENT LOCAL ELECTIONS, THE  CROWN PRINCE SAID THEY WERE  CHARACTERIZED BY INTEGRITY AND MASS  PARTICIPATION, REFLECTING THE WILL OF  IRAQIS TOWARDS ACHIEVING PEACE AND  STABILITY.FOLLOWING THAT, THE AMBASSADOR ERELI  GAVE A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION ON  THE US VISION FOR THE REGION  IN THE COMING STAGE.THE AMBASSADOR AFFIRMED THE ROLE OF  BAHRAIN AS A CENTRE OF STABILITY,  MODERATION AND PROGRESS IN THE  REGION.HE CONSIDERED THE BAHRAIN-US RELATIONS  AS A MODEL FOR CONSTRUCTIVE TIES  BETWEEN COUNTRIES.

MOREOVER, ERELI REITERATED THE WILL OF  THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER  PROMOTING TIES WITH BAHRAIN.THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY THE HEAD OF  THE CROWN PRINCE COURT SHAIKH KHALIFA  BIN DUAIJ AL KHALIFA  AND THE US CHARGE D’AFFAIRES.