On a growth path

American “Newsweek” Magazine has affirmed that the Kingdom is a modern and open country that managed to cope with increasing competition in the region by enhancing its industrial capabilities, keeping pace with global changes and developments, and vigorously taking advantage of market opportunities.

In a report, Newsweek also shed light on the strength of the existing friendship and partnership relations between Bahrain and the US, citing His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s statements during his meeting with US President, Donald Trump, in which he affirmed that the two countries’ friendship was “based on a very good foundation of mutual understanding and strategy that we have worked on”.

The magazine highlighted His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa’s keenness to maintain the strength of relations with the US, and to continue boosting cooperation between the two countries as long-term allies, citing the Prime Minister’s assertion that a friendly relationship with the US is important for both the kingdom and the wider region. The report, themed “Bahrain: The US’s partner in the GCC-The US’s private sector is a priority for the economically invigorated kingdom” and published recently, included statements by HRH Premier and meetings with a number of officials. The report highlighted the progress currently witnessed by the kingdom in various economic fields. The report says that Bahrain is historically known as the trading hub of the Middle East, and was the first country in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to have discovered oil (in 1932), noting that Bahrain as a “modern and cosmopolitan archipelago has coped with increasing competition from other GCC states by enhancing its industrial capabilities, keeping pace with global changes and developments, and vigorously taking advantage of market opportunities.”