MANAMA, NOV.8 (BNA) -- HRH THE PRIME MINISTER PRINCE KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA CHAIRED TODAY THE WEEKLY CABINET SESSION.
FOLLOWING THE SESSION , MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS SHAIKH AHMED BIN ATTEYATELLA AL KHALIFA MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT :
THE CABINET STRESSED AT THE BEGINING OF THE MEETING THAT THE BAHRAINI - QATARI TALKS HELD YESTERDAY BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND THE AMIR OF QATAR SHAIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI WILL BOOST THE BILATERAL TIES AND CONTRIBUTE IN BOOSTING THE GCC PROCESS AT VARIOUS FIELDS.
LATER , THE CABINET HAILED THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT ACCOMPLISHED BY BAHRAINI TEAM FOR BODYBUILDING BY WINNING THE THIRD PLACE AT THE 63RD WORLD AMATEUR BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP HELD RECENTLY IN QATAR.
THE KINGDOM ALSO RECENTLY WON THE VICE - PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BODYBUILDING AND FITNESS IFBB.
AFTERWARD THE CABINET DISCUSSED IN DETAILS CERTAIN POINTS MADE BY THE FINANCIAL AUDITING AUTHORITY IN ITS REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2008.
HRH THE PRIME MINISTER PRINCE KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA ISSUED HIS DIRECTIVES ON CARRYING OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE REPORT AND THEN CONDUCT A FULL MEMO CONCERNING THEM WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED FOR THE CABINET WITHIN FOUR WEEKS IN ADDITION TO NOTIFYING THE AUTHORITY ABOUT IT.
HE ALSO CHARGED ALL THE MINISTRIES AND GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TO CLARIFY THEIR VIEW POINTS ON WHAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN MEDIA MEANS BASED ON TRANSPARENCY PRINCIPLE.
HRH THE PRIME MINISTER ASSERTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE AUDITING AUTHORITY TO SAVE PUBLIC MONEY AND VERIFY THE SAFETY AND LEGALITY OF THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND GOOD MANAGEMENT , STRESSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTING.
THE CABINET ALSO DISCUSSED MEANS TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS MORE EASIER AND SMOOTHER FOR CITIZENS THROUGH ENHANCING THE ROLE OF E - GOVERNMENT WHICH CAN CONCLUDE RECENTLY 110 SERVICES BY MAKING IT 200 SERVICES WITHIN 2010 THROUGH USING THE OFFICIAL SITES AND MOBILES.
A NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONNECTION WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO MAKE THIS DEALS EASIER FOR THE CITIZENS TO COMPLETE THEM.
THE CABINET LATER REVIEWED THE MEMO LISTED ON ITS AGENDA AND ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS: -- WITHIN THE DIRECTIVES OF HRH THE PRIME MINISTER ON MAKING USE OF THE MONTHLY REPORT ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED, THE CABINET REVIEWED THE MINISTRY'S REPORT INCLUDING HIS MAJESTY'S DIRECTIVES.
- THE CABINET HAILED THE GREAT POSITIVES OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FTA SIGNED BETWEEN BAHRAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN ATTRACTING CAPITALS AND INVESTMENTS TO THE KINGDOM IN WHICH THE REPORT SHOW AN INCREASE OF 100 PERCENT EVERY YEAR IN THE VOLUME OF COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE SINCE SIGNING THE FTA.
- THE CABINET DISCUSSED SIGNING AN ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.
- THE CABINET REVIEWED THREE PROPOSALS BY THE HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND AGREED ON ESTABLISHING A YOUTH CENTER IN JED ALI.
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