ARAB UNANIMITY ON PREMIER'S WORTHINESS OF UN-HABITAT AWARD
MANAMA, JUNE 9, (BNA) -- ARAB POLITICIANS, DIPLOMATS AND CLERGYMEN UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA DESERVED THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD FOR BEING A MAN OF GREAT AND TANGIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THAT ALL ARABS, AND NOT ONLY BAHRAIN, OUGHT TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE HONOUR.
IN STATEMENTS TO BAHRAIN TELEVISION, THEY HAILED THE COMPREHENSIVE CIVILIZATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY BAHRAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNDER THE WISE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHICH MADE THE KINGDOM ONE OF THE WORLDS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
GRAND IMAM OF AL AZHAR MOSQUE SHEIKH MOHAMMED SAYED TANTAWI EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BAHRAINIS ON THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM AND EXPRESSED HIS AFFECTION AND APPRECIATION TO THE KINGDOM WHOSE DEEP-ROOTED CIVILIZATION IS BEING CONSTANTLY RENOVATED THANKS TO THE ASSIDUITY OF A WISE LEADERSHIP LED BY HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, WISHING BAHRAIN LASTING PEACE, SECURITY AND PROSPERITY.
ON HIS PART, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTS POLITICAL ADVISOR DR. OSAMA AL BAZ EXPRESSED DELIGHT WITH BAHRAINS RAPID AND COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH, NOTING THAT THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER WAS INDEED AN HONOUR TO BAHRAINS LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.
THE AWARD IS AN HONOUR TO ALL ARABS, AL BAZ SAID ADDING THAT MANY OF PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS ACHIEVEMENTS TO THE NEEDY WERE UNPARALLELED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
FORMER EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ABDULAZIZ HIJAZI HAILED PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS DISTINGUISHED STATESMANSHIP WHICH ALLOWED HIM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA TO MAKE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF HUMAN AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND DESERVEDLY EARNED HIM THE UN-HABITAT AWARD.
ANYONE VISITING BAHRAIN WOULD NOTE ITS MODERN UTILITIES, CLEAN AND HYGIENIC ENVIRONMENT, GREEN SPACES AND STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTURE, HIJAZI ADDED.
ON HIS PART, FORMER EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ALI LOTFI CONGRATULATED ALL BAHRAINIS ON THE AWARD WHICH CROWNED THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PRIME MINISTER WHO PROVED, THROUGHOUT HIS LONG POLITICAL CARRIER, HIS DISTINGUISHED STATESMANSHIP WHICH HELPED HIM STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SECTS IN BAHRAIN AND ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY.
THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER WAS UNAFFECTED AND FREE OF FLATTERY AS IT CAME FROM AN UNBIASED UN ORGANIZATION, LOTFI SAID, NOTING THAT THE VARIOUS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN BAHRAIN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
ON HIS PART, SAUDI ARABIAS AMBASSADOR TO CAIRO HISHAM AL NATHER STATED THAT PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA DESERVED THE AWARD FOR SERVING THE ARAB NATION AS A WHOLE.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE AHMED BIN HILLI SAID THE UN-HABITAT AWARD CAME IN RECOGNITION OF PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, ADDING THAT THE HONOUR WAS THE PRIDE OF ALL ARABS.
ON HIS PART, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUES ECONOMIC UNITY COUNCIL DR. AHMED JUWILI HAILED THE PRIME MINISTERS STRONG TIES WITH ALL ARAB COUNTRIES AND HIS ENDEAVOURS TO PROMOTE URBAN PLANNING, SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVE STANDARDS OF LIVING.
AL JUWILI ALSO LAUDED THE WISDOM OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHO UPLIFTED BAHRAINS STATUS IN THE ARAB WORLD THANKS TO ITS PREVAILING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY AS WELL AS DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE.
EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER DR.
OTHMAN MOHAMMED OTHMAN SAID THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS GREAT EFFORTS TO SERVE HIS PEOPLE WAS A SOURCE OF DELIGHT AND PRIDE TO ALL ARABS.
EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF INVESTMENT DR. MAHMOUD MOHIEDDINE EXPRESSED DELIGHT WITH THE BESTOWAL OF THE UN-HABITAT AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT DOMAIN WHICH ALL ARAB COUNTRIES OUGHT TO BENEFIT FROM IN THEIR ENDEAVOURS TO DEVELOP THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE DECENT HOUSING TO THE POOR AND PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME.
THE PRIME MINISTER DESERVED THE AWARD FOR HIS UNQUESTIONABLE ASSIDUITY AND EFFORTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, HE ADDED.
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IN STATEMENTS TO BAHRAIN TELEVISION, THEY HAILED THE COMPREHENSIVE CIVILIZATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY BAHRAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME UNDER THE WISE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHICH MADE THE KINGDOM ONE OF THE WORLDS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
GRAND IMAM OF AL AZHAR MOSQUE SHEIKH MOHAMMED SAYED TANTAWI EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BAHRAINIS ON THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM AND EXPRESSED HIS AFFECTION AND APPRECIATION TO THE KINGDOM WHOSE DEEP-ROOTED CIVILIZATION IS BEING CONSTANTLY RENOVATED THANKS TO THE ASSIDUITY OF A WISE LEADERSHIP LED BY HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, WISHING BAHRAIN LASTING PEACE, SECURITY AND PROSPERITY.
ON HIS PART, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTS POLITICAL ADVISOR DR. OSAMA AL BAZ EXPRESSED DELIGHT WITH BAHRAINS RAPID AND COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH, NOTING THAT THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER WAS INDEED AN HONOUR TO BAHRAINS LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.
THE AWARD IS AN HONOUR TO ALL ARABS, AL BAZ SAID ADDING THAT MANY OF PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS ACHIEVEMENTS TO THE NEEDY WERE UNPARALLELED IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
FORMER EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ABDULAZIZ HIJAZI HAILED PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS DISTINGUISHED STATESMANSHIP WHICH ALLOWED HIM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA TO MAKE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF HUMAN AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND DESERVEDLY EARNED HIM THE UN-HABITAT AWARD.
ANYONE VISITING BAHRAIN WOULD NOTE ITS MODERN UTILITIES, CLEAN AND HYGIENIC ENVIRONMENT, GREEN SPACES AND STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTURE, HIJAZI ADDED.
ON HIS PART, FORMER EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ALI LOTFI CONGRATULATED ALL BAHRAINIS ON THE AWARD WHICH CROWNED THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PRIME MINISTER WHO PROVED, THROUGHOUT HIS LONG POLITICAL CARRIER, HIS DISTINGUISHED STATESMANSHIP WHICH HELPED HIM STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SECTS IN BAHRAIN AND ACHIEVE SECURITY AND STABILITY.
THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER WAS UNAFFECTED AND FREE OF FLATTERY AS IT CAME FROM AN UNBIASED UN ORGANIZATION, LOTFI SAID, NOTING THAT THE VARIOUS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN BAHRAIN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
ON HIS PART, SAUDI ARABIAS AMBASSADOR TO CAIRO HISHAM AL NATHER STATED THAT PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA DESERVED THE AWARD FOR SERVING THE ARAB NATION AS A WHOLE.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE AHMED BIN HILLI SAID THE UN-HABITAT AWARD CAME IN RECOGNITION OF PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, ADDING THAT THE HONOUR WAS THE PRIDE OF ALL ARABS.
ON HIS PART, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUES ECONOMIC UNITY COUNCIL DR. AHMED JUWILI HAILED THE PRIME MINISTERS STRONG TIES WITH ALL ARAB COUNTRIES AND HIS ENDEAVOURS TO PROMOTE URBAN PLANNING, SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVE STANDARDS OF LIVING.
AL JUWILI ALSO LAUDED THE WISDOM OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHO UPLIFTED BAHRAINS STATUS IN THE ARAB WORLD THANKS TO ITS PREVAILING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY AS WELL AS DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE.
EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER DR.
OTHMAN MOHAMMED OTHMAN SAID THE BESTOWAL OF THE AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS GREAT EFFORTS TO SERVE HIS PEOPLE WAS A SOURCE OF DELIGHT AND PRIDE TO ALL ARABS.
EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF INVESTMENT DR. MAHMOUD MOHIEDDINE EXPRESSED DELIGHT WITH THE BESTOWAL OF THE UN-HABITAT AWARD ON THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT DOMAIN WHICH ALL ARAB COUNTRIES OUGHT TO BENEFIT FROM IN THEIR ENDEAVOURS TO DEVELOP THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE DECENT HOUSING TO THE POOR AND PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME.
THE PRIME MINISTER DESERVED THE AWARD FOR HIS UNQUESTIONABLE ASSIDUITY AND EFFORTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, HE ADDED.
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