Jeddah, July 16 (BNA) His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa delivered a speech at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of Their Majesties and Highnesses, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, His Majesty the King, may God protect and preserve him. The King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Prime Minister of Iraq, and the President of the United States.
In his speech before the summit, His Majesty the King expressed his heartfelt congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the resounding success of this year’s Hajj season, and thanked him for his kind invitation to attend the extraordinary summit. He said that the summit “represents a good opportunity to strengthen the historical friendship relations and strengthen the strategic partnership between our two countries and the friendly United States of America, under the leadership of President Joe Biden.”
His Majesty also stressed the importance of the summit in finding solutions to achieve peace and development for all peoples of the Middle East through joint confrontation of challenges that threaten regional stability, international security, peace and global interests.
“The Middle East region, which occupies an important international strategic position, has suffered for years, and continues to suffer, from difficult political, security and economic conditions, and very serious challenges, which require us to think balanced and deep about how to get Just and lasting with the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in accordance with the two-state solution The Arab Peace Initiative and the creation of promising and sustainable economic opportunities for the brotherly Palestinian people In this context, His Majesty the King referred to the outcomes of the “Peace for Prosperity” workshop held in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2019, as He stressed the need to reach a political settlement to the Yemeni crisis and to continue providing humanitarian and development support to the Yemeni crisis.
His Majesty stressed that direct interference in the internal affairs of countries is still one of the most serious challenges because it violates the principles and rights guaranteed by international laws. “The time has come to unite efforts to stop this interference out of respect for the sovereignty of countries, their religious and cultural values and their civilized approach to respecting the other and promoting tolerance and peaceful coexistence,” His Majesty said, stressing the need to continue joint efforts to make the Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction and to combat terrorism, fanatic ideology and its outward extremist organizations. about the law.
His Majesty stressed that “maintaining regional security and stability requires cooperation, solidarity and effective joint action in order to meet the aspirations of our peoples towards peace, development and prosperity,” stressing the importance of continuing the work of the joint naval forces and activating the joint naval forces. Joint task forces due to their pivotal role in protecting international navigation and securing oil supplies and global trade through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab. He also praised the constructive cooperation between the Bahraini Naval Forces and the US Fifth Fleet for more than 75 years.
In this regard, we stress the importance of increasing support for efforts aimed at stabilizing global energy prices, including increasing investments to expand exploration and refining and introducing new technologies that contribute to supporting global economic growth and facing price inflation. We must not neglect here the necessity of encouraging all initiatives to export grain, wheat … etc. to secure their access to world markets and activate initiatives to support the affected countries to achieve food security.”
We look forward with full hope and optimism that this summit will yield fruitful and constructive results that will enhance the path of joint cooperation and strengthen the friendly relations between our two countries in order to be able to face the political, security, economic and environmental challenges. establishing security and stability and laying the foundations for a solid and extended relationship that meets the requirements of the present and the future.”
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