MANAMA, NOV. 4. (BNA) FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA WILL PAY A VISIT TO LIBYA TOMORROW AT AN OFFICIAL INVITATION BY HIS LIBYAN COUNTERPART MUSSA KOUSA.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD ARRIVED IN TRIPOLI EARLIER TODAY. SHAIKH KHALID'S VISIT EMANATES FROM A COMMON DESIRE TO STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDLY TIES LINKING BOTH COUNTRIES. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT BAHRAIN AND LIBYA HELD AMBASSADORIAL-LEVEL RELATIONS IN FEBRUARY 1975, SOON AFTER BAHRAIN HAD GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE AND EVER SINCE THE TWO BROTHERLY COUNTRIES EXCHANGED HIGH RANKING VISITS, CHIEF OF WHICH WAS THE VISIT PAID BY COLONEL MUAMMAR AL QADHAFI TO MANAMA ON JUNE 1, 1977. THE PREVIOUSLY PAID VISITS BY TOP OFFICIALS OF BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE REFLECTED SOLIDITY OF BILATERAL RELATIONS AND EXPLORED WAYS OF BOLSTERING BAHRAINI-LIBYAN RELATIONS IN ALL DOMAINS. MTQ 04-NOV-2009 23:26