Bahrain Names GCC Chief Country's New Foreign Minister

GCC chief Abdullatif al-Zayani. (AFP)
GCC chief Abdullatif al-Zayani. (AFP)
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Bahrain Names GCC Chief Country's New Foreign Minister

GCC chief Abdullatif al-Zayani. (AFP)
GCC chief Abdullatif al-Zayani. (AFP)

Bahrain has appointed the head of the Gulf Cooperation Council as the country’s next foreign minister, state media reported Thursday.

The Bahrain News Agency reported that Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa named Abdullatif al-Zayani as the foreign minister.

Local media reported al-Zayani will assume the post when his term as secretary general of the GCC ends on March 31.

He will be replacing Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, who’s been Bahrain’s foreign minister since 2005.

Sheikh Khalid, who confirmed the news on Twitter and congratulated al-Zayani, will serve as diplomatic adviser to the king.



GCC Denounces Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Defenseless Palestinians

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. SPA
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. SPA
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GCC Denounces Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Defenseless Palestinians

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. SPA
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. SPA

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi has expressed his strongest condemnation and denunciation of ongoing attacks launched by Israeli settlers, under the cover of Israeli occupation forces, against the defenseless Palestinian people, the latest of which were the heinous attacks that affected the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah.

The secretary-general stressed on Friday that these repeated violations represent a dangerous escalation and a flagrant breach of international and humanitarian laws and are part of a systematic policy aimed at undermining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and imposing a de facto reality by force.

Albudaiwi renewed his call to the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to assume its legal and humanitarian responsibilities, to act urgently to put an end to these violations, to provide the necessary international protection for the Palestinian people, and to support all efforts aimed at achieving a just and comprehensive peace, in line with resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative.