Bahrain’s king: cooperation preserves Arab security, stability

CAIRO – 15 April 2018: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain said that the cooperation between Arab countries would enable them to repel repetitive attempts of foreign intervention in the domestic affairs of some Arab nations.

In his speech in the 29th Arab Summit that kicked off Sunday April 15, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, King Hamad said that the Arab nations’ cooperation is the way to preserve their security and stability.

King Hamad asserted his country’s support to the Palestinian people and leadership. He said that the Palestinian issue is a priority for Bahrain, calling for the necessity of the establishment of the independent state of Palestine.

King Hamad affirmed the necessity to achieve a “fair” political solution, including the establishment of the independent state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, according to the two-state solution.

In December 2017, Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy by announcing the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the move of its embassy to Jerusalem.

King Hamad expressed his country’s continuous appreciation of Saudi Arabia’s supportive and courageous stance rejecting the intervention in the Arab nations’ domestic affairs.