السعودية والبحرين.. علاقات راسخة وروابط متينة

The Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, received yesterday (Tuesday) in Manama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, who conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to the Bahraini leadership, along with their wishes for the government and people of brotherly Bahrain for further progress and prosperity. The Crown Prince of Bahrain conveyed the greetings and appreciation of the Bahraini leadership to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince, along with wishes for the government and people of the Kingdom for more progress and prosperity.

During the reception, the fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries were reviewed, as well as ways to enhance them at all levels to serve the aspirations of the leaderships and peoples of both countries, and to discuss developments on the regional and international fronts.

On another note, the Minister of Foreign Affairs met with his Bahraini counterpart, Dr. Abdullatif Rashid Al Zayani. During the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed the latest developments in regional and international situations and topics of mutual interest.

The two sides chaired a meeting of the executive committee emanating from the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council, which is chaired by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and his brother, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Al Zayani affirmed that the two countries and their brotherly peoples are linked by strong historical relations and solid fraternal ties, which are always nurtured and cared for by the leaderships of the two brotherly countries.

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs praised what the executive committee meeting represents as evidence of the mutual desire and serious commitment to continue enhancing cooperation, coordination, and bilateral integration at all levels, and the joint endeavor to push the paths of work and bilateral initiatives towards broader horizons under the wise guidance of the leaderships of the two brotherly countries.

During the meeting, the executive committee reviewed the annual performance report of the committees emanating from the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council for the years 2024-2025, and they were briefed on a visual presentation that included monitoring and measuring the performance of the targets and joint initiatives between the two countries, as well as the performance results of the relevant authorities during the implementation of their targets and joint initiatives.

The committee approved the timeline for the work of the council and its emanating committees during the years 2025-2026, in addition to directing the heads of the committees emanating from the council to work on completing the implementation of the agreed-upon initiatives.

At the end of the meeting, the minutes of the executive committee meeting were signed by the chairpersons of the committee.

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Nayef Al Sudairi, the Director General of the Minister of Foreign Affairs' Office, Walid Al Samahail, the Minister's Advisor, Mohammed Al Yahya, and the head of the Saudi side's working teams in the General Secretariat of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council, Engineer Fahd Al Harithi.