Bahrain FM takes part in Iraq reconstruction meet

Kuwait City : The Kingdom of Bahrain has continuously supported the Republic of Iraq in its fight against Daesh and in building the new Iraq, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said yesterday. 

Participating at the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq here, the minister  stressed the continuation of the Kingdom’s support for all measures aimed at reinforcing Iraq’s security and stability and preserving its sovereignty and independence. 

Shaikh Khalid expressed his appreciation to the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for extending an invitation to him to participate, and for his initiative to host the conference. He noted that this is not new to HH the Amir, nor to the State of Kuwait, which hosted several conferences of donors and provided support to Arab countries, expressing hope that the conference will succeed in achieving positive results. The Minister of Foreign Affairs pointed out that Bahrain has been keen to contribute to empowering the Iraqi government to build the capacity of its institutions through providing the necessary facilities in Bahrain to train and qualify 4,000 Iraqi civil defence cadres.  Bahrain has also provided training for Iraqi health technicians in the Public Health Laboratory and accepted Iraqi technicians to study and train in the field of medical devices in the Kingdom, he added.

The Minister stated that Bahrain has participated actively since the first day of the formation of the Global Coalition to Fight Daesh and was the place from which the first strike planes of the coalition against Deash were launched. He added that it also played a prominent role in combating the financing of Daesh and held several international conferences to combat the financing of terrorism.