Brussels, June 23 (BNA) Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs Dr. Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa met in Brussels with the Chairperson of the European Union Committee for Relations with the Arabian Peninsula Hana Neumann.
During the meeting, they reviewed relations of cooperation and strategic partnership between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the European Union and ways to enhance them in various political, parliamentary and economic fields. They also discussed regional and international issues.
Dr. Sheikh Abdullah briefed the European side on the most prominent democratic, human rights and parliamentary achievements witnessed by the Kingdom of Bahrain. He referred to the Kingdom’s intention to hold parliamentary and municipal elections in its sixth session this year, as an affirmation of its diplomatic stances in support of tolerance and regional and international peace, in light of the wise approach of His Majesty the King.
For her part, Hannah Neumann affirmed the European Parliament’s keenness to strengthen the partnership and cooperation between the European Union and the Kingdom of Bahrain in the fields of foreign policy, business, trade, energy and other fields for the benefit of both sides.
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