Bahrain helps UK bring home nearly 1,000 stranded Britons

TDT | Manama

Bahrain has helped facilitate the return to the UK of nearly a thousand British citizens stranded abroad, it has emerged. Bahrain Ambassador to the UK Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa received a phone call yesterday from James Cleverly, the Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Cleverly expressed his sincere thanks and gratitude to Bahrain for its role in aiding the British government in the evacuation of its nationals from Central Asia, especially from India, by opening its airspace and Bahrain International Airport to British Airways flights and its crew for transit.

Cleverly noted that this facilitated the process of the return of nearly a thousand British citizens stranded abroad. Cleverly also expressed his appreciation for the work done by more than 20 Bahraini doctors working in various UK hospitals.

Shaikh Fawaz conveyed the greetings and wishes of the government of Bahrain and affirmed its readiness to help all friendly countries in these difficult times.