Russian ambassador visits Youth City2030

Manama : Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Hesham bin Mohammed Al Jowder alongside with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Republic, Vagif Garaev, visited Youth City2030, in the presence of diplomats from the Russian embassy and the ministry's assistant undersecretaries.

Aimed to prepare youth leaders and to provide them with leadership skills, Youth City2030 in its seventh edition is being organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs in association with Tamkeen, the Strategic Partner.

The minister and the ambassador toured Youth City 2030 and were briefed about the Centre for Preparation of Leaders which provides skills training programmes.

The ambassador praised the Bahraini government's and the ministry's efforts in providing Bahraini youths with the necessary expertise to enter the job market according to modern training methods. He said he visited the city last year and saw the remarkable development of programmes provided to youths, especially the extra professional programmes.

The Russian ambassador said he suggested to the Youth and Sports Ministry the exchange of mutual visits between Russian and Bahraini youths to familiarize the Russian youths with the City centres and to meet Bahraini youth and also to enable Bahraini youths to visit Russia to view the activities and programmes provided and to benefit from the experience of Russian youths. He added that he presented another proposal regarding the opening of a new youth training centre on diplomatic techniques to graduate Bahraini youths capable of representing the Kingdom of Bahrain in various diplomacies.

The minister presented a commemorative gift to the Russian ambassador.