His Majesty Conferred with Top Russian Honour by Demonstrations Against Manama Corruption and the Coun- Prof Naumkin Lauded HM the Tries Political Leaders
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Lebanon has been rocked His Majesty conferred with top Russian honour by demonstrations against Manama corruption and the coun- Prof Naumkin lauded HM the tries political leaders. is Majesty King Hamad King’s wise policy to strengthen On Monday violence bin Isa Al Khalifa yester- political, economic and social erupted when a mob loy- Hday received, at Al Sakhir relations between the Kingdom al to Hezbollah and Amal Palace, Professor Vitaliy Naum- of Bahrain and the Russian Fed- attacked and destroyed a kin, President of the Institute of eration, on the basis of mutual protest camp set up by an- Oriental Studies of the Russian respect and common interests. ti-government demonstra- Academy of Sciences, marking his The board of trustees of the tors in Beirut. visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Institute of Oriental Studies of Protesters throughout Prof Naumkin paid tribute to the Russian Academy of Sciences Lebanon, who have de - HM the King, hailing his pivotal conferred on HM the King the manded the removal of the role, since his accession to the Medal of Ignatius Kratshovsky, government, erupted in throne in 1999, in advocating di- Prof Naumkin delivers his speech before HM the King. The Medal of Ignatius Kratshovsky is the highest academic honour, cheers at the news, chant- alogue between civilisations and the highest Russian academic honour. in recognition of his dedicated ing and singing the national interfaith peaceful co-existence. Peaceful Co-existence at Sapien- tolerance, promote the principle message of peace, which should efforts and pivotal role in advo- anthem. He hailed the establishment of za University in Italy. of coexistence and dialogue. be the basis of international re- cating the values of peace and King Hamad Global Centre for In a speech delivered before “These steps are fundamental lations and guarantee political, moderation and strengthening Peaceful Co-existence and the HM the King, he commended pillars for societies to combat economic and social freedoms as relations of friendship and coop- inauguration of the King Ham- both important steps which, he all kinds of violence, discrimi- well as a cornerstone to reduce eration between countries and ad’s Chair for Interfaith Dialogue, said, aim to spread the culture of nation and hatred, advocate the wars and conflicts worldwide.” peoples in the world. DON’T MISS IT HRH the Crown Prince• reiterated US efforts to the importance of eliminate Daesh swiftly applying NAO Anti-graft mission 02 recommendations, leader lauded especially in cases of Bahrain to non-compliance. Government Executive Committee reviews the 2018-2019 NAO report encourage Manama During the meeting, HRH the 03 private Crown Prince reiterated the im- sector in defence is Royal Highness Prince portance of swiftly applying these production Salman bin Hamad Al oversight recommendations, es- HKhalifa, Crown Prince, pecially in cases of non-compli- Deputy Supreme Commander ance in order to safeguard public Man acquitted and First Deputy Prime Minister, funds. of stealing yesterday issued directives to re- HRH the Crown Prince went on 04 ‘wife’s printing structure internal audit processes to underscore the Government’s within government in order to commitment to further strength- machine’ further strengthen internal audit- The meeting chaired by HRH the Crown Prince was attended by ministers and HRH the Crown Prince at the meeting. en the remit and capabilities of ing and accountability measures. senior government officials. supervisory and administrative 210 fils (includes VAT) The directive was announced agencies, which will help facil- during a meeting of the Govern- ministrative measures taken to sity of Bahrain, the Electricity and itate the Kingdom reaching its ment Executive Committee which address the cases of non-com- Water Authority and the Bahrain desired development goals, to the reviewed the 2018-2019 National pliance. Petroleum Company (Bapco). benefit all Bahraini citizens. Audit Office (NAO) report and Ten cases of criminal nature Twenty-six cases will be re- HRH the Crown Prince outlined the procedural and ad- which have been referred to the ferred to the Ministerial Com- stressed the importance of ob- Public Prosecution include two 10 mittee for Legal and Legislative jectivity and transparency when cases of criminal nature violations by the Ministry of In- have been referred to Affairs, for assessment internal addressing all non-compliance formation Affairs, three viola- the Public Prosecution. investigation committee while cases included in the report, in tions by the Ministry of Youth and 406 cases of procedural violations order to ensure continued qual- Sports Affairs, one violation each will be addressed by administra- ity management for operations by Budaiya Cultural Sports Club, tive measures in order to prevent involved with public service Al Najma Sports Club, the Univer- reoccurrence delivery. Ties at new high Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday held extensive talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, during which a Strategic Partnership Council was established to coordinate on important issues. India and Saudi Arabia inked more than a dozen agreements in several key sectors, including oil and gas, defence and civil aviation to bolster their ties as Modi reached the Kingdom on a two-day visit to attend the Future Investment Initiative here. See Page 10. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 02 Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), the SCW yesterday organised, in co-operation with Bahrain Polytechnic, a scientific forum themed “Bahraini Women and Future Sciences”. The event, which was held at Bahrain Polytechnic premises, marked the Bahraini Women’s Day which will be dedicated this year to pay tribute to women in higher education and future sciences. The two-day forum aims to shed light on Bahraini women in the future sciences field and challenges facing them. The three winning teams in the first scientific hackathon, launched by SCW in co-operation with Bahrain Polytechnic and Brinc Batelco, were announced at the event. Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday toured Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BIDEC 2019), which is being held at Bahrain International HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday participated in the Middle East Military Technology Conference Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC). He was accompanied by Defence Minister Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan (MEMTEC), currently taking place alongside the second edition of the Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference Al Nuaimi and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dhiab bin Saqr Al Nuaimi. The BDF Commander-in-Chief praised the royal (BIDEC). HH Shaikh Mohamed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa highlighted the important role of regional and international patronage of the event which showcased ground, air and naval weaponry. He watched the cutting edge military exhibits on conferences, hosted by the Kingdom, in facilitating platforms to exchange knowledge and expertise, which support the display and met representatives of the international companies taking part in the fair. sustainable development goals that the Kingdom seeks to achieve under the leadership of HM King Hamad. Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, yesterday flew the winning Bahrain Military Team after the glorious victory at the Military World Games which was held in Wuhan, China. The Bahraini football team won gold medals after the final match versus Qatar. The entire Bahrain Military team delegation flew on Gulf Air’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner last night from Bangkok to Bahrain and were welcomed home with a huge applause. US efforts to eliminate Daesh leader lauded Manama again.” US forces killed bin Laden, ahrain has commended the mastermind of the 9/11 the “efforts of the friend- terrorist attacks, in a 2011 raid Bly United States of Amer- in Pakistan under Obama’s ica in eliminating the leader watch. of the terrorist Daesh organi- And Trump again falsely sation, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. claimed that he “predicted” the In a statement, the Foreign threat Bin Laden posed to the Ministry said that it “expresses US before 9/11 in his 2000 book, appreciation for the vital role of “The America We Deserve.” the United States under Presi- He suggested to reporters on dent Donald Trump in combat- Al Baghdadi Sunday that if the US govern- ting terrorism and extremism, ment had “listened to me,” 9/11 valuing its keenness to enhance killing of ISIS leader Baghdadi wouldn’t have happened. security and stability regionally by US forces was more signifi- “I wrote a book, a really very and internationally.” cant than the US assassination successful book, I said, there The Kingdom will continue of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin is somebody named Osama working with brothers and al- Laden under former President Bin Laden, you better kill him lies against all forms of extrem- Barack Obama.