Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal met European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman David McAllister.
They discussed ways to promote and develop relations between the Council of Representatives of Bahrain and the European Parliament in various fields.
The speaker affirmed the council’s keenness on cooperation and participation in regional and international parliamentary forums, the importance of holding meetings and exchanging visits, and exchanging parliamentary expertise and experiences.
The meeting discussed various issues and challenges facing countries and societies and finding solutions to them, noting the council’s endeavor to activate parliamentary diplomacy and highlight Bahrain’s democratic image under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
She noted that Bahrain has raised the values of tolerance and coexistence and has harnessed its efforts to adopt civilized humanitarian initiatives, which has been appreciated by the international community, civil society associations and human rights institutions.
Zainal highlighted Bahrain’s possession of a solid legislative structure and legal base that supports the comprehensive reform approach, which makes good citizenship the basis for the development and modernization of the state of institutions and law.
She Emphasized that HM the King’s reform project has produced a complete base of human rights and democratic experience with well-established roots, whose top priority is to ensure and promote public rights and freedoms, making the Bahraini experience a model in the culture of tolerance, coexistence, transparency and openness.
The chairman expressed his happiness at the importance of building close parliamentary relations with Bahrain and praised the democratic, parliamentary, reformist and human rights experience in the Kingdom under the leadership of HM the King.
Source: Bahrain News Agency