Bahrain’s King Holds Phone Conversation with Putin

Gulf

March 16th, 6:27am

Manama - Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. BNA

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa held on Tuesday a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bahrain News Agency reported. Both leaders reviewed historical bilateral relations and their development in various fields, it said. According to BNA, discussions also focused on the importance of a diplomatic solution to settle differences between countries through dialogue and peaceful means to avoid further escalation. Discussing developments in Ukraine, both leaders emphasized the importance of concerted international efforts to ensure permanent and comprehensive peace and guarantee the interests of all parties and their national security, the news agency reported. The King underlined the importance to take into consideration providing humanitarian aid and services to civilians in Ukraine and the need for all countries to assume their duty of funding the humanitarian operations announced by the United Nations according to the principles of human solidarity, it added.

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