CP MEETS JORDANIAN FM

THE CROWN PRINCE  AND DEPUTY SUPREME  COMMANDER SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL  KHALIFA, RECEIVED AT RIFFA  PALACE THE VISITING JORDANIAN FOREIGN  MINISTER DR SALAHEDDIN AL BASHIR  AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.

  SHAIKH SALMAN EMPHASISED DURING THE  MEETING THE NEED TO DEVELOP A  MODERATE POLITICAL STRATEGY ON WHICH  THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS COULD  DEPEND IN PREPARATION FOR DEALING WITH  THE NEXT PHASE.THIS, HE  INDICATED, WOULD ALSO HELP PROTECT THE  GAINS OF ARAB MODERATION AND TO  PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DESPAIR AND  EXTREMISM.

THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO SAID THAT ARAB  DIPLOMACY WAS NOW REQUIRED,  MORE THAN EVER, TO HELP PALESTINIANS  UNITE IN ORDER NOT TO PASS A HISTORIC  OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THE ARAB- ISRAELI CONFLICT ON THE BASIS OF JUSTICE  AND  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT  STATE.

  THE CROWN PRINCE URGED FOR THE  PREPARATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE ARAB  DIPLOMATIC PLAN THAT IS EFFECTIVELY  BACKED BY BAHRAIN, JORDAN AND OTHER  ARAB COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT THIS  APPROACH AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE  EGYPTIAN POSITION IN THIS REGARD.

THE CROWN PRINCE WAS BRIEFED BY THE  JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE  MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHAIKH  KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL  KHALIFA, ON THE LATEST POLITICAL AND  DIPLOMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION. MOREOVER, THE CROWN PRINCE  REQUESTED THE JORDANIAN FOREIGN  MINISTER TO  CONVEY HIS GREETINGS AND APPRECIATION  TO THE JORDANIAN MONARCH KING  ABDULLAH II BIN AL HUSSEIN.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WAS ROYAL  COURT HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DUAIJ  AL KHALIFA, JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO  BAHRAIN HUSSAIN AL MAJALI AND THE  OFFICIAL DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE  JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER.