Bahrain : The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, held a press conference today during the Turkish Foreign Minister’s visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs hailed the visit of his Turkish counterpart, highlighting friendly relations between the two countries and mutual keenness to enhance bilateral cooperation, under the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs hailed the visit of his Turkish counterpart, highlighting friendly relations between the two countries and mutual keenness to enhance bilateral cooperation, under the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
He also underlined that His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prime and Prime Minister, had received the Turkish Foreign Minister and expressed his appreciation for the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, stressing the importance of enhancing joint action and cooperation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs underscored that a fruitful session of official talks was held during which friendly relations between both countries were reviewed in addition to addressing ways of enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation in the economic, trade, tourism, and cultural fields. He also noted the importance of activating existing memoranda between the two countries. He further added that the two sides reviewed political and security developments and the challenges facing the Middle East region and threatening its security and stability. They also stressed the need to establish peace, enhance security and stability in the region, and end all ongoing conflicts that harmed the interests of the peoples of the region and affected its process of development and prosperity.
The Turkish Foreign Minister thanked his Bahraini counterpart for the hospitality he received, noting that the talks were positive. He pointed out the visit of Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani to the Republic of Turkey in November 2021 where the Cooperation Dialogue chair was handed over to Bahrain, stressing that the Republic of Turkey will provide all support to the Kingdom of Bahrain in this regard.
The Turkish Foreign Minister underlined that the economic plan was discussed and submitted to the Kingdom of Bahrain in New York City, expressing his desire to hold the joint economic committee meeting in March. He also stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation in the field of training between the two academies of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He affirmed that it is great to see Bahraini diplomats keen on learning Turkish, underlining his desire to host them to further enhance their Turkish at the Yunus Emre Institute in Turkey. He also expressed his desire to host the Bahraini Foreign Minister in Antalya in March.
