May 24. () –
This Thursday, King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa of Bahrain opened the doors to improving diplomatic relations with Iran, a country with which he broke in 2016 due to the attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, and stated that “there is no reason to delay the resumption” of the same.
This was made known by Al Khalifa to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, during his meeting with the Russian president in Moscow, as published by the Bahraini news agency BNA.
During their meeting, the king congratulated Putin on his victory in the presidential elections, which demonstrate “the people’s confidence in his leadership”, and showed his support for the stability of Russia despite the fact that it faces “difficult conditions.” “, without even mentioning the war in Ukraine.
It should be noted that Bahrain is one of the United States’ main partners in the region. In fact, it is one of the countries, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Morocco, that have signed the ‘Abraham Accords’, promoted in 2020 by former US President Donald Trump and which involve the establishment of relations with Israel. Thus, they joined Egypt, which signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1979, and Jordan, which did the same in 1994.
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