BDF commander-in-chief receives US Naval Forces Central Command head

Manama, Jan. 9 (BNA): Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received here today the newly-appointed Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command and the US Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral James J Malloy.   Defence Affairs Minister, Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi, and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Dheyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, were present.   The commander-in-chief welcomed Vice Admiral James J Malloy, and wished him every success in carrying out his new tasks.   He lauded the Bahrain-US relations, which, he said, are growing steadily in various fields, particularly in the military one.