Interior Minister receives Pakistan's Foreign Minister

Manama, July 29 (BNA): Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, today received Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The meeting, which was attended by the Chief of Public Security, Lieutenant-General Tariq Al Hassan, was held on the sideline of the Pakistani Foreign Minister’s visit to chair the delegation of his country in the second meeting of the joint ministerial committee between the two countries. The Interior Minister welcomed the official for the visit that comes as part of the exchange of views between the two countries. He hailed the strong ties between Bahrain and Pakistan. The meeting reviewed counterterrorism cooperation and coordination, as well as bilateral coordination in fighting narcotics and human trafficking. Topics of common interest were also reviewed. Ambassador Fatima Abdulla Fares Aldhaen, Chief of Afro-Asian Affairs, was also present.