Defence Minister receives Deputy Commander of US Central Command

Manama, Mar. 5 (BNA): Defence Affairs Minister, Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi, received, at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF)’s General Command today, the Deputy Commander of United States Central Command, Lieutenant-General Thomas Bergeson, and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Dheyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi. The minister lauded the existing friendship relations between Bahrain and the United States, as well as ways to bolster them at all levels, especially regarding military coordination and defence cooperation. Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply and Catering, Rear Admiral Yusef Ahmed Malallah, Military Cooperation Director, Rear Admiral Mohammed Hashim Al-Sada, and Director of Planning, Organisation and Technology, Major-General Shaikh Salman bin Khalid Al Khalifa, and several senior BDF officers attended.