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27 January 2009

CP URGES WORLD TO JOIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN GAZA

CROWN PRINCE AND  DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER SHAIKH  SALMAN BIN HAMAD  AL KHALIFA REITERATED THE STANCE OF  BAHRAIN AGAINST THE ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT ON  PALESTINIANS IN THE GAZA  STRIP, URGING THE INTERNATIONAL  COMMUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO REBUILDING  WHAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE  ISRAELI ARMY.

AT A MEETING WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR  JAMIE BOWDEN AND AN ACCOMPANYING  MILITARY DELEGATION, THE  CROWN PRINCE RECALLED THE KEENNESS OF  HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA  SINCE THE START OF THE  ISRAELI ATTACKS ON ENDING THE HOSTILITY.

THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO POINTED TO THE  SUPPORT CAMPAIGN LED BY  HIS MAJESTY FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN GAZA,  EMANATING FROM THE STRONG BELIEF OF THE  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN IN  THE FAIR PALESTINIAN CAUSE AND THE  NECESSITY OF SPREADING PEACE AND  SECURITY IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN  THE MIDDLE EAST.

THE MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ALSO  SHED LIGHT ON A NUMBER OF PRESSING  ISSUES IN THE REGION, SUCH AS  PIRACY AND MARITIME SECURITY.THE CROWN PRINCE SAID INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION WAS VITAL FOR DEALING WITH  THESE ISSUES, NOTING THE  BAHRAIN-BRITISH COOPERATION FOR  ACHIEVING THIS JOINT GOAL.

MEANWHILE, THE CROWN PRINCE TACKLED  THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA  ESTABLISHMENTS, SUCH AS THE  BBC WHICH WAS PARTIAL AND BIASED IN SOME  OF ITS NEWS COVERAGE.

THE CROWN PRINCE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT  THAT IT RETURNED TO ITS OBJECTIVITY AND  PROFESSIONALISM FOR WHICH  IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR IN BAHRAIN AND THE  ARAB WORLD FOR DECADES.

THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY CROWN  PRINCE COURT HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN  DUAIJ AL KHALIFA.

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