Bahrain-French Military Ties Hailed

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received here today the outgoing Non-Resident French Military Attache to Bahrain Colonel Jean-Philippe Bonnet and the new one Colonel Desgrees du Lou. During the meeting, Shaikh Khalifa lauded the steadily-growing Bahraini-French ties of friendship and cooperation, especially at the military level, and praised the efforts made by the outgoing military Attache in this regard, wishing the French envoys every success. The meeting also touched upon bilateral military cooperation and coordination. Also present were Director of Military Security Major-General Hassan Mohammed Saad and the Inspector General Major-General Abdulla Hassan Al Nuaimi.