Manama, Sept. 9. (BNA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Undersecretary Ambassador Abdullah Abdullatif Abdulla received here today the Director-General of the Middle East and North Africa at the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr. Boris Rogge.

During the meeting, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullatif hailed the solid bilateral relations, growing steadily in all fields.

The Undersecretary reiterated Bahrain’s keenness to promote those relations and open up new horizons of bilateral fruitful cooperation for the joint interests of the two friendly countries and their peoples.

He also discussed with the German official Bahrain’s preparations to host the upcoming Manama Dialogue Forum.

The two sides reviewed regional and international issues of mutual concern.

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BNA 1533 GMT 2013/09/09