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27 January 2009

CP RECEIVES UN ENVOY

CROWN PRINCE AND  DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA URGED  TODAY UN CHIEF’S SPECIAL  ENVOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST TERGE ROED  LARSEN TO HELP THE PALESTINIANS  OVERCOME THEIR PLIGHT AND SPEED UP  RECONSTRUCTION OF GAZA.

 HE POINTED OUT TO THE NEED FOR THE  INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S INTERVENTION  TO PATCH UP THE PALESTINIAN SCHISM AND  BACK THE LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY THERE.

HE ALSO STRESSED THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY  THE ARAB LEAGUE AND BAHRAIN’S  CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO EVERY EFFORT  AIMED AT UNIFYING THE PALESTINIAN RANK  AND RESTORING NATIONAL WEFT.THE CROWN  PRINCE CALLED TO WORK OUT AN  EXECUTIVE FORMULA AND APPROPRIATE  MECHANISMS TO START RECONSTRUCTION IN  GAZA.

THE UN OFFICIAL EXPRESSED THANKS AND  GRATITUDE TO HIS MAJESTY KING  HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND BAHRAIN FOR  EXTENDING SUPPORT TO THE  PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.HE LAUDED THE ROYAL  DECISION TO RE-BUILD A DESTROYED  HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL AS WELL AS HIS  MAJESTY’S INITIATIVE TO SEND DOCTORS TO  GAZA.

LARSEN BRIEFED THE CROWN PRINCE ON THE  BASIC NEEDS OF THE PALESTINIANS IN  GAZA. ON THE OTHER HAND, FOREIGN MINISTER  SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN  MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA SAID BAHRAIN IS  ACTING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE  ARAB LEAGUE AND UNDER THE DIRECTIVES OF  HIS MAJESTY THE KING  AS WELL AS  THE SUPPORT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND  CROWN PRINCE TO ENSURE  EFFECTIVENESS OF JOINT ARAB WORK.

HE  ALSO UNDERLINED THE KINGDOM’S FULL  SUPPORT TO THE PALESTINIAN LEGITIMATE  AUTHORITY. PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE THE FOREIGN  MINISTER AND CROWN PRINCE  COURT’S HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DUAIJ AL  KHALIFA.

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