PM MEETS PRESIDENT OF STATE COUNCIL OF GENEVA
GENEVA JULY 3 (BNA)-- PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA MET IN GENEVA THIS AFTERNOON WITH PRESIDENT OF STATE COUNCIL OF GENEVA CHARLES BEER WHO CONGRATULATED HIM ON RECEIVING THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD 2006.
HE SAID THE AWARD REFLECTED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA WHICH EARNED HIM THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE GENEVA STATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSED BILATERAL FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION TIES AND MEANS OF ENHANCING THEM MAINLY IN AIR TRANSPORT, CARGO, FINANCE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT.
THEY ALSO DISCUSSED REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATING EFFORTS TO ENSURE SECURITY AND STABILITY WORLDWIDE.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS THEN PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT AND RECEIVING THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD.
THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH ALI BIN KHALIFA AL KHALIFA, CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN ABDULLAH AL KHALIFA, ADVISOR AT THE PRIME MINISTERS COURT SHAIKH SALMAN BIN KHALIFA AL KHALIFA, CABINET SECRETARY GENERAL DR.
YASSER AL NASSER AND HEAD OF THE BAHRAIN MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA ABDUL LATIF ABDULLAH.
NTQ/MT 03-JUL-2007 21:02
HE SAID THE AWARD REFLECTED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA WHICH EARNED HIM THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE GENEVA STATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSED BILATERAL FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION TIES AND MEANS OF ENHANCING THEM MAINLY IN AIR TRANSPORT, CARGO, FINANCE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT.
THEY ALSO DISCUSSED REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATING EFFORTS TO ENSURE SECURITY AND STABILITY WORLDWIDE.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS THEN PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT AND RECEIVING THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD.
THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH ALI BIN KHALIFA AL KHALIFA, CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN ABDULLAH AL KHALIFA, ADVISOR AT THE PRIME MINISTERS COURT SHAIKH SALMAN BIN KHALIFA AL KHALIFA, CABINET SECRETARY GENERAL DR.
YASSER AL NASSER AND HEAD OF THE BAHRAIN MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA ABDUL LATIF ABDULLAH.
NTQ/MT 03-JUL-2007 21:02
