Manama, June 21 (BNA): President of the University of Bahrain (UoB) Dr. Ebrahim Janahi has lauded the efforts exerted by Confucius Institute at University of Bahrain (CIUOB) to teach Chinese language. He said that acquiring the Chinese language will open wider horizons for the learners to gain insights into the Chinese civilisation and its rich cultural, scientific and economic aspects.

During a ceremony held by CIUoB to honour 39 participants who passed the second course for learning the Chinese language, Dr. Janahi expressed his delight with the positive results of the cooperation with the institute.

He congratulated the participants and presented them with certificates of appreciation.

UOB Vice President for planning and development and the Bahraini Director of CIUoB Dr. Waheeb Al Nasser expressed his delight with the institute’s concrete efforts, highlighting the historical cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and China.

He thanked all the staff at the Institute on their great efforts at organising the ceremony.

Chinese Director of CIUoB Wang Jian Kang said that by graduating the second batch, CIUoB has achieved part of its objectives after a year of its inauguration, in cooperation with Bahrain and China. He expressed thanks to UoB represented by Dr. Janahi.

The participants expressed happiness with their linguistic gains during four months and performed a song in Chinese.

The ceremony was attended by Uob Vice Presidents, deans, UoB affiliates and a number of invitees.

UoB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Confucius Institute in 2014 to establish a branch of the institute in UoB within the Bahraini-Chinese cultural cooperation framework.

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BNA 1520 GMT 2015/06/21