King receives greetings from leaders

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Gulf Daily News
Wednesday, 17th December 2014
Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bh
Honoured on
National Day
n His Majesty with His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, at the honouring ceremony
n The King was presented with a commemorative gift by the BDF
Commander-in-Chief and the Commander of the Royal Guard
n
King
honours
Crown
Prince’s
International
Scholarship
Programme
director Dr Ronald Koller
HIS Majesty King Hamad
yesterday honoured a number of people for their contribution to nation-building, on the occasion of
Bahrain’s 43rd National
Day and marking the
15th anniversary of His
Majesty’s accession to the
throne.
“As we are accustomed every year to honour outstanding national efforts on this
auspicious occasion, we are
pleased to honour the efforts
of pioneers of national work
for their outstanding and dedicated contributions in serving this beloved nation and
n His Majesty honours Ambassador Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, left, Brig Gen Yussef Rashid Flaifel, centre, and LuLu Group managing director Yusuff Ali M A
community,” he said.
Those honoured included:
Bashir Al Qassab, Dr Zakariya Sultan Al
Speaking on behalf of those honoured, the King provides a motive to intensify
Dr Khalifa Al Dhahrani, Ambassador Abbassi, Dr Noora Ahmed Al Ghatam, Dr Ali Mansoor Al Shehab expressed the efforts to further promote the homeland.
Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, Ali Khalifa Dr Ali Mansoor Al Shehab, Dr Najwa Bahraini people’s unwavering loyalty to
He commended honouring achievAl Fadhel, Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Abullatif Janahi, Haifa Abdul Saheb Al the nation and allegiance to His Majesty. ers, who included people from various
Al Khalifa, Brigadier General Yussef Derazi, Salah Ebrahim Nasser Al FadhaHe voiced pride in being honoured by segments of Bahrain’s community and
Rashid Flaifel, Staff Colonel Abdulrah- la, Fatima Mahmoud Youssef, Shaikha the King on the kingdom’s National Day, vowed to continue serving the nation,
man Khalifa Al Buainain, Staff Colo- Hanan bint Hassan Al Khalifa, Fatima praising landmark achievements attained calling on Bahraini youth to continue
nel Salim Mohammed Abdul Razzak Abdulraheem Al Mansouri, Ahmed by the country in all fields during the their hard work in the interests of the
His Majesty King Hamad
Al Shaikh, Brigadier General Ala Al Jaafar Al Haiki, Maher Yunes Salah King’s prosperous era.
country.
Din Abdulla Siyadi, Brigadier General Al Anees, Dr Ridha Ali Ebrahim, Adel
His Majesty was presented with a
The business community yesterday sa- yesterday received greetings
Waleed Rabea Hamad Al Snan, Lieu- Sultan Al Mutawa, Abbas Ali Abbas commemorative gift by BDF Command- luted His Majesty’s National Day speech. cables from leaders of Arab,
and friendly countries
tenant Colonel Abdulla Isa Al Hadi, Khamis, Ala Mohammed Abdulraheem er-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa
“The royal keynote address has em- islamic
on the occasion of Bahrain’s
Youssef Tami Al Zayed, Shawqi Hamad Mahmoud, Dr Hatem Ahmed Al Saridi, bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Commander bodied the aspirations of Bahrainis in the National Day.
Al Dosary, Shaikha Lamiya bint Mo- Abdulla Ahmed Al Blushi, Fareed Ebra- of the Royal Guard Staff Colonel Shaikh march of modernisation, reform and deHe received cables from Brithammed Al Khalifa, Youssef Abul Hus- him Qambar, Mohammed Khalifa Has- Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, marking velopment,” Bahrain Chamber of Com- ain’s Queen Elizabeth and Us
sain Khalaf, Yusuff Ali M A, Dr Ronald san Yaseen, Adel Ameer Rajab, Khalifa the 15th anniversary of His Majesty’s ac- merce and Industry chairman Khalid President Barack Obama who
lauded strong bilateral ties.
Koller, Ambassador Nasser Mohammed Ebrahim Al Mansoor, Khadija Ali Al cession to the throne.
Almoayed said.
The King also received caAl Blushi, Maasouma Abdul Rasool Isa, Hashimi, Khalid Ahmed Bu Rashid, Ali
Dr Al Dhahrani, former parliament
He paid tribute to the King for laying
Isa Mohammed Abdulraheem Al Refae, Ahmed Mohammed and Adnan Abdul- chairman, later told BNA that honouring solid foundations for Bahrain’s fledgling bles from Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Egyptian PresAdel Ahmed Al Safar, Abdulmajeed rahman Al Ahmed.
national achievers and loyal people by democracy.
ident Abdel Fattah Al sisi, Al-
King receives
greetings
from leaders
n Some of the pioneers being honoured by His Majesty
gerian President Abdel Aziz
Bouteflika, Chinese President
Xi Jinping, Turkish President
Recep Tayyeb Erdogan, King
Philippe of Belgium, Tajikistan
President Emomalii Rahmon,
Armenian President serzh
sargsyan, Presidium of the
supreme People’s Assembly of
North Korea Chairman Kim
Yong-nam and Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga.
His Royal Highness Prince
salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy
supreme Commander and
First Deputy Prime Minister,
received cables of congratulations from parliament chairman Ahmed Al Mulla and shura Council chairman Ali saleh
Al saleh.