HRH Crown Prince Attends Four Majlisses
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister visited the majlises of Mr. Nabil bin Yagoub Al-Hammer, the family of Sheikh Mustafa bin Abdullatif, the family of Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Mannai and Abdul-Jaleel Al-Ansari yesterday evening and exchanged Ramadan greetings, congratulations and blessings.
During the visits, His Royal Highness gave his full encouragement to sincere and genuine efforts to enhance trust across different communities in society, based on shared interest and values. He noted the collective responsibility all share to safeguard and enhance community relations in the spirit of national unity and societal stability.
He also warned that any attempt to damage the social fabric must be combatted with determination, noting that everyone must work together for Bahrain to develop and prosper.His Royal Highness stressed that violence and terrorism should not be faced with silence. He stated that community leaders who remain silent in the face of acts should bear a responsibility and such silence can only be viewed as tacit support. Expressing strong dissatisfaction with the provocative acts of leaders who were not showing serious intent to reaching a consensus on political development, His Royal Highness also called on all leaders in question to clearly and unequivocally condemn, shun and prevent acts of violence.
His Royal Highness made clear that any attempt to undermine national security will not discourage the ongoing efforts to maintain security and stability under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, which served the interests of national unity and occurred with the unstinting support of Bahrain’s neighbours in the GCC.
On dialogue, His Royal Highness stressed the continued approach to bring together different viewpoints in order to reach a nationwide unanimity and consensus on future development. He emphasised that this could not extend to disregarding or ignoring such acts of terrorism and violence, which aim to spread fear and sow division, and tarnish the sanctity of both our beloved nation and the blessed holy month of Ramadan. His Royal Highness pointed out that violence breeds a chain reaction of violence, which damages the country, its unity and ultimately hinders progress.
During the majlis visits, His Royal Highness also talked with attendees about the values upon which Bahrain society is built, including cohesion, solidarity, tolerance, co-existance insistence and mutual respect. He remarked upon the Kingdom of Bahrain’s diverse social fabric in which everybody are equal under the jurisdiction of the law. His Royal Highness said that relying on violence, wreaked by extremist groups, to further an agenda has failed in the past and that groups that pursue such an apporach were denying themselves the opportunity to benefit from the country’s programme of reform and the achievements this brings.
His Royal Highness praised the role of the many families in Bahrain who have sincerely contributed to development in the Kingdom, emphasising that their hard work and commitment is appreciated and respected and that their work should be recognised with all treated fairly.
His Royal Highness then discussed the plans of the Government, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, which sought to prioritise key areas areas of delivery to meet the needs of all nationals. As part of this programme, His Royal Highness highlighted the need to support a culture of productivity and accomplishment, in reference to the current focus on several sectors, including sustainable energy, infrastructure, housing and urban planning.
