Dr. Jawahery conferred Order of the Star of Italy

Manama : The President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella has bestowed the Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d’Italia) on Dr. Abdulrahman Jawahery, President of Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) for fostering the relationship between Italy and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Dr. Jawahery received the award from Domenico Bellato, Italian Ambassador to Bahrain at a ceremony held at GPIC head office, recently. 

The Presidential decree and badge awarded to Dr. Jawahery bears the inscription Solidarietà Italiana and is exclusively granted to those foreign individuals on behalf of the Republic of Italy who preserve and promote the national prestige of the Italian nation.  

Dr. Jawahery was deeply humbled and honoured to be presented with such an acclaimed award for his unwavering commitment to assuring sustainable cooperation and collaboration between the two countries.  Dr. Jawahery accepted the recognition on behalf of all of his colleagues and employees who he paid tribute to for their unreserved role in achieving this medal of honour.  

Dr. Jawahery expressed his profound thanks and appreciation to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, for their unlimited support and visionary leadership to the people of Bahrain and for enabling them to attain the highest levels of recognition within international forums and achieve the inspirational strategies set out for the 2030 vision. 

Dr. Jawahery also expressed his heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude to the Italian President for this remarkable recognition given to foreign individuals on their role in fostering effective and sustainable relationships between the two nations.  

Dr. Jawahery also spoke of, and affirmed how both countries continued to enjoy such a prosperous collaboration, from economic partnerships and business solutions, through to arts and entertainment and long standing friendships that so many GPIC employees, and Dr. Jawahery have fostered over the years. 

He further added that, although this highly respected medal is only bestowed upon individuals, it was through the visionary partnerships and relationships that had been created over the years, which has allowed for this humbling moment.

Dr. Jawahery expressed his gratitude to GPIC’s Chairman, its Board of Directors, Executive Management Team and Labour Union as well as each and every employee at GPIC for their warm support and the strong relationships they have fostered with the Republic of Italy over so many years.  He emphasized how, through everyone’s focus and dedication to building effective relationships across companies, regions and continents, it had resulted in the receiving of this accolade.  He also deeply thanked the Italian Ambassador for this recognition and expressed his deep honour to be chosen for this acknowledgement from the President of the Republic of Italy.

The Ambassador thanked Dr. Jawahery and expressed how GPIC, under his leadership, had become one of the most respected and successful industrial companies in the region.  The Ambassador iterated how Dr. Jawahery was a role model in his ability to lead by example and in his continued support for the effective and prosperous collaboration between Italy and the Kingdom.