Commander-in-Chief visits US Naval Forces Central Command

Manama, Sept. 8 (BNA): Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, today paid a visit to the US Naval Forces Central Command (CENTCOM) in Jufair, where he met the US Secretary of Defence, Lloyd James Austin III, in the presence of Minister of Defence Affairs, Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan Al Nuaimi. The two sides reviewed the existing cooperation and friendship relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States of America. The BDF chief affirmed the depth of the long-standing relations between the two friendly countries, hailing their steady progress at all levels, especially in the military and defence fields, to achieve the two countries’ common interests. The commander-in-chief highlighted the concerted noble efforts exerted by the BDF personnel, along with the forces of friendly countries, to carry out humanitarian and relief operations at the international level, through facilitating the secure passage of the evacuees from Afghanistan, who were transported to the Royal Bahraini Air Force’s Isa Air Base and then to their final destinations, praising the great role played by all those who contributed to undertaking such humanitarian operations to the fullest.