We offer peace and harmony: Bahrain Foreign Minister

Agencies | Budapest

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain is pursuing His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s wise vision to spread peace and harmony throughout the world by promoting the values of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and civilised dialogue among nations.

This was emphasised by Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, as he addressed participants at the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy lecture in Budapest. Dr Al Zayani affirmed Bahrain’s unwavering stance on renouncing conflicts, resolving disputes through diplomatic means, and providing security and peace in all countries of the world.

He noted that spreading peace is one of the core goals of any nation’s foreign policy and diplomacy efforts, and a prerequisite for the stability, development and prosperity.

The Minister said that peace is among Bahrain’s most fundamental values, reinforced over the generations by interaction, coexistence and mutual respect, which stem from the country’s status as a regional trading hub.

Grow and prosper

“Bahrain is a truly multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-sect country, in which we have all learned to co-exist, and live peacefully while helping each other grow, and prosper,” he added.

Al Zayani referred to the recent visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Bahrain describing it as a “crossroads of mutual enrichment between peoples”, while HM King Hamad emphasised the centrality of peaceful dialogue in preventing and resolving conflicts, and in building understanding between countries, faiths and peoples.

He said that the values of peace and peaceful dialogue bring together different faiths and cultures in the Kingdom. “Bahrain consistently advocates for peace as a strategic option in foreign policy, as an end in itself but also as a guiding principle, and that this is what the Kingdom does in its interactions with its neighbours,” said Dr Al Zayani.