Ambassador guest at Bahrain Radio Programme

TDT | Manama

Bahraini Ambassador to Italy Nasser bin Mohammed Al Balooshi will today highlight his diplomatic experience and achievements at Bahrain Radio’s talk show, “the Diplomatic Dialogue”. The ambassador will talk about his career, which is characterised by a combination of economy, diplomacy and multilingualism, as he is fluent in several languages, including English and French, and has written many articles and research related to economic development and technology transfer.

Dr Al Balooshi was granted the “Medal of Honour” by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in 2013, the “Officier de La Legion D’Honneur Medal” by French President, Jacques Chirac, in 2003, and the “Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa Medal of Honour” by HM King Hamad in 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics with honors, and held many key posts.

He served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the advisor to former Minister, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, for Political and Economic Affairs. He was also the kingdom’s ambassador to France, Non-Resident Ambassador to the Holy See, Switzerland and Spain.

He also served as Bahrain’s ambassador to the US and Non-Resident Ambassador to Argentina and Canada, the Kingdom’s Economic Representative to the SA, and a speaker at the Sixth Annual Monterey Congressional Forum on Trade Policy in Monterey, California, and provided testimony before the International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington DC.

He was also the executive director of management services at the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) between 1992 and 2003. Aired every Tuesday at 5pm on Bahrain Radio 102.3 FM, the programme documents the march and achievements of the Bahraini diplomacy which celebrated its Golden Jubilee last year. The weekly programme is prepared and presented by a Bahrain Radio team, including Sabeeka Al Shihhy, Wafa Khalifa and Rashid Sanad, in co-operation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry