PM hails Bahrain-US ties

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday lauded the role played by the United States in supporting efforts to strengthen security and stability across the region and the world.

There is a need to “enhancing joint efforts and action through international alliances to face various challenges aimed at subverting security and stability,” said HRH the Premier. The Prime Minister was meeting Commander of the United States Naval Forces Central Command and the US Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral James J. Malloy at the Gudaibiya Palace in the presence of the US Ambassador to Bahrain, Justin Siberell.

They discussed the long-standing bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation, as well as ways to bolster them in various fields. HRH the Prime Minister stressed the depth of the solid strategic Bahrain-US relations which, he said, “are based on the two friendly countries’ shared desire to achieve their common aspirations.” The meeting also focused on the latest regional and global developments, in addition to ways to strengthen the existing partnership between the two countries in various fields.