MANAMA, AUGUST 8 (BNA) BAHRAIN HAS FINALLY RECUPERATED ALL ITS DETAINED NATIONALS IN THE US GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION, SAID FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA.
THIS CAME IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE MINISTER TODAY FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF ISSA AL MURBATI, THE LAST BAHRAINI GUANTANAMO DETAINEE.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTRIBUTED HIS RELEASE TO THE SPECIAL CARE ACCORDED TO THIS CASE BY HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA AND CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BDF SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA WHO ALL ACCORDED THE CASE HIGH PRIORITY, GAVE THEIR DIRECTIVES TO CONCERNED BODIES TO PRIORITIZE IT WHILE THE CROWN PRINCE KEPT RAISING IT AT ALL HIS MEETINGS WITH US OFFICIALS.
THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PLACED BAHRAINI DETAINEES' CASE AT THE CENTER OF THEIR TALKS WITH US OFFICIALS AND KEPT RAISING IT DURING ALL US OFFICIALS VISITS, THE MINISTER NOTED, ADDING THAT IT ALSO TOPPED ALL BAHRAINI AGENDAS AND PREOCCUPIED ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE PARTICULARLY POINTED TO THE EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS MADE BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY WHOSE HIGH-RANKING SECURITY DELEGATION VISITED THE DETAINEES ON MANY OCCASIONS.
HE ALSO EXTENDED THANKS TO THE KINGDOM'S EMBASSY TO THE US, BAHRAINI INSTITUTIONS, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, THE GENERAL PROSECUTION AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY BODY WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR THE RELEASE OF BAHRAIN'S GUANTANAMO PRISONERS.
HE ALSO VALUED THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE FOR THE SUPPORT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES, UNVEILING A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME FOR HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION, PREPARED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO RE-INTEGRATE THE RELEASED DETAINEES IN THEIR SOCIETY.
HE ALSO THANKED THE US ADMINISTRATION FOR PERMANENTLY CLOSING THIS FILE, NAMELY DEPUTY DEFENCE SECRETARY GORDON ENGLAND, US AMBASSADOR TO BAHRAIN WILLIAM MONROE AND EMBASSY STAFF, NOTING THAT THEIR VALUABLE EFFORTS TRULY REFLECTED THE DEPTH OF FRIENDSHIP AND MUTUAL RESPECT-BASED BAHRAIN-US TIES.
MTQ 09-AUG-2007 00:42
