His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today received, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, HH Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HM the King’s Personal Representative, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, and HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports First Deputy Chairman, General Sports Authority Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee President, a number of newly-appointed Bahraini ambassadors to several countries.

HM the King received the following heads of Bahrain’s diplomatic missions abroad:

Essam Abdulaziz Al Jassim, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to France

Osama Abdulla Al Absi, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Italy

Dr. Waleed Khalifa Al Manea, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Malaysia.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Jordan.

Ali Jassim Ahmed Al Aradi, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Algeria.

Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Eid, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Tunisia.

Bassam Ahmed Marzouk, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Türkiye

Saud Hassan Al Nusuf, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea

Khalid Ahmed Al Mansoor, Bahrain’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Iraq

The envoys took the legal oath before HM the King following the issuance of a Royal Decree appointing them to their posts.

HM King Hamad congratulated the ambassadors on their appointment, wishing them every success in carrying out their patriotic duties of serving the nation and the citizens.

HM the King requested the ambassadors to convey HM’s greetings to the heads of state of the host countries, as well as wishes for further progress and prosperity to their countries and peoples.

HM King Hamad instructed them to continue consolidating the kingdom’s strong relations with the host countries by expanding the base of bilateral interests,  as well as embody Bahrain’s principles calling for cooperation, peace, tolerance and peaceful co-existence, in addition to meeting the needs and taking care of the affairs of Bahraini citizens there.

HM the King commended the important role played by all ambassadors in supporting all fields of coordination and joint action with various host countries, as well as broadening areas of fruitful and constructive cooperation with them, stressing the kingdom’s keenness to expand the base of its interests with various countries.

The ambassadors extended sincere congratulations to HM the King on the holy month of Ramadan, wishing HM and the Bahraini people many happy returns of the auspicious occasion.

They also expressed their deepest pride in the precious royal trust by appointing them as representatives of the kingdom abroad, affirming that HM the King’s sound directives will motivate them to do their utmost to strengthen Bahrain’s cooperation and coordination with host countries.

BNA