Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received here today the Commander of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM), General Joseph Votel, and his accompanying delegation.

BDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General, Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, was also present.

The commander-in-chief reviewed with USCENTCOM commander and his accompanying delegation the Bahraini-US friendship and cooperation relations, as well as ways to enhance them.

He also praised the steadily-growing bilateral cooperation, especially regarding military coordination and defence cooperation.

Issues of common interest were also discussed.

Director of the BDF General Command’s Court, Major-General Hassan Mohammed Sa’ad, Inspector-General, Major-General Abdulla Hassan Al-Nuaimi, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply and Catering, Rear Admiral Yussef Ahmed Malallah, also attended.

Source : BNA