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His Highness Shaikh Isa attends Royal Ascot horse , UK ties built on racing festival TDT | mutual respect: HRH CP is Highness Shaikh Isa Hbin Salman bin Hamad HRH the Crown Prince meets HRH the Duke of Cambridge Al Khalifa yesterday attended the third day of Royal Ascot 2018, the annual horse racing KNOW WHAT TDT | Manama festival held in Berkshire, UK. His Highness offered his is Royal Highness best regards, on behalf of His Prince Salman bin The ever- The first Royal Ascot developing Majesty King Hamad, to Her was in 1768 and since HHamad Al Khalifa yes- Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, terday affirmed that the ev - bilateral relations and extended congratulations its inception a British er-developing bilateral relations between Bahrain to the organisers for hosting monarch has attend- between Bahrain and the United and the United another successful edition of ed every year Kingdom are built on mutual Kingdom are respect, and a shared pursuit of built on mutual safety, stability and prosperity. the long-standing sporting The Crown Prince, Deputy respect, and a event. Supreme Commander and First shared pursuit of His Highness also highlight- Deputy Prime Minister said this safety, stability ed the strong bilateral ties be- while holding a meeting with and prosperity HRH CP during a meeting with Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge tween Bahrain and the Unit- Prince William, the Duke of HRH CROWN PRINCE ed Kingdom, and noted both Cambridge. countries’ shared commitment The meeting took place dur- was held at the Stanford Hall economic ties which span over Prime Minister of the United to preserving equestrian tra- ing HRH the Crown Prince’s Estate near Loughborough. 200 years Kingdom Theresa May, the Lord HH Shaikh Isa ditions. attendance at the official hand- During the meeting, HRH the Following the meeting, HRH Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire over ceremony for the UK’s new Crown Prince highlighted the the Crown Prince along with Sir John Peace and General Sir Defence and National Rehabil- importance of further enhanc- HRH the Duke of Cambridge, Tim Granville Chapman attend- Continue boosting itation Centre (DNRC), which ing military, diplomatic and the Duke of Westminster, the ed a lunch banquet. combat readiness: BDF

Works, Affairs and Urban Planning Minister, Essam Khalaf meeting Turkish Ambassador to Bahrain Kemal Demirciler. They The Commander-in-Chief of the (BDF), Field Marshal discussed the possibility of the participation of Turkish companies in the BDF commander during an inspection visit Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received yesterday the outgoing reconstruction projects, as well as a proposal to establish an exhibition Commander of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151), Rear Admiral Daisuke to promotes investment opportunities in both countries. Training and Kajimoto, in the presence of the Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain, Hideki coordination opportunities were also discussed. The ambassador praised the TDT | Manama mander-in-Chief also under- Ito. The BDF commander-in-chief commended the efforts exerted by Rear strong relations between Bahrain and Turkey and expressed his appreciation lined the importance of dedi- Admiral Daisuke Kajimoto throughout his tenure, wishing him every success for the efforts exerted by the Ministry of Works in the field of infrastructure DF Commander-in-Chief cation in fulfilling duties pro- in his future assignments. in various of Bahrain. Bof Field Marshal Shaikh fessionally and competently to Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa further enhance capabilities to yesterday stressed the need to confront all challenges. continue boosting the combat Shaikh Khalifa lauded the and administrative readiness dedicated efforts of the Gen- and promote training pro - eral Command to develop the grammes at various weapon- capabilities of all BDF person- ries and units. nel and further modernise the While paying an inspection units by equipping them with vision to a BDF unit, the Com- cutting-edge technologies.

Allegations denied

Manama false allegations. The Ministry of Foreign Af- ahrain has denied allega- fairs affirmed in a statement Btions being circulating on Bahrain’s full commitment to social media about relations the unified Arab stance and with Israel, stressing that there Arab peace initiative, which was no statement from Bah- set out the foundations of a raini officials in this regard and comprehensive and just peace that these reports are merely in the region. Al Noor International School celebrated the Graduation Ceremony of its eleventh batch of Grade 12 (Thawjihiya) Bahraini Section students who achieved 100 per cent pass in the Ministry of Education Examinations at The Diplomat Hotel on Wednesday. The Chief Guest, Jameel Humaidan, Minister of Labour and Social development, handed out the certificates along with Ali Hasan, school’s founder Chairman. The School Chairman Ali Hasan and Principal Amin Hulaiwah congratulated the students. Out of 46 students who appeared, 8 students obtained more than 90 per cent marks. Police clamps down on tinted glass on cars Manama lations,” said Traffic Deputy Newspaper’s report on stalled projects refuted Director-General Colonel Mo- Manama he traffic police have hammed Ali Daraj. Construction and Infrastruc- Tclamped down on cars He announced that a group he Committee for the Set- The committee also urged to Views, ture had referred a number of with tinted glass and curtains of violators had already been Ttlement of Stalled Real Es- obtain information from their Sunset Hills, Amwaj stalled projects, including Juf- over the past five months. referred to the Public Prose- tate Projects, which has a judi- correct sources and not to pub- fair Views, Sunset Hills, Am- The General Directorate of cution to face charges, vowing cial capacity, yesterday said it lish reports except through the Gates and Marina waj Gates and Marina West, Traffic reported 5,097 viola- zero tolerance against such has taken “no decision on the statements it issues. West are among the to the Committee for the Set- tions during the period run- traffic violations. sale of the ‘Sunset Hills’ and The panel said it is currently projects referred tlement of Stalled Real Estate ning from January until May. The General Directorate of ‘Marina West’ projects”. examining the projects referred to the Ministerial Projects. “The clampdown aims Traffic tolerates a 30 per cent The committee refuting a to it and will announce its deci- Committee for The latter auctioned the at protecting the safety of tinting of side windows (Ze- newspaper report, in this re- sions once they are taken. Construction and Juffair Views project and dis- road-users and ensuring com- ro-one) and a zero-zero tinting gard, further affirmed that it It is worth noting that the Infrastructure tributed the sale proceeds to pliance with rules and regu- of front windshields. has not taken any decision so far. Ministerial Committee for creditors.