Manama - His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, and his brother, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, chaired today the second meeting of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council at the palace Sakhir, in which Their Royal Highnesses, Highnesses, Excellencies, and Excellencies the members of the Council participated in it from both sides.

At the beginning of the meeting, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, welcomed his brother, His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the accompanying delegation of Their Highnesses His Excellency and happiness in their second country, the Kingdom of Bahrain, expressing the depth of the brotherly relations that go deep in history between the two brotherly countries and peoples, stressing the keenness of the Kingdom of Bahrain to develop and consolidate bilateral cooperation to broader horizons in a way that enhances common interests.

For his part, His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, expressed his pride in visiting the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain, and stressed the importance of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council and its subcommittees as an effective tool to push forward the relations of the two countries for further progress, benefiting from the available capabilities and investing them in the right way. the appropriate.

The two sides also reviewed the report of the General Secretariat of the Council, which explains the efforts made by the subcommittees to achieve the aspirations of the leadership and the peoples of the two brotherly countries and what it included in the outputs, recommendations and initiatives of the committees’ meetings. and initiatives that would enhance existing cooperation in various fields, and they stressed the importance of continuing to support and develop bilateral coordination between the two countries.

The two sides affirmed the continuation of strengthening cooperation and consultation on regional and international issues of common interest, and pushing their political action at the bilateral and international levels to broader horizons for the benefit of the two countries and their peoples and the peoples of the region for security, stability and prosperity. Between the two countries’ foreign ministers, coordinating work to counter extremist ideology among young people in the two kingdoms and drying up its sources, in addition to coordinating work to support the two kingdoms’ candidates in regional and international organizations and bodies, coordinating the implementation of joint courses for young diplomats in the two countries, strengthening communication and cooperation between consular agencies and coordinating positions on bilateral and international issues. Between the delegations of the two countries in New York and Geneva.

The two sides stressed the importance of continuing to strengthen joint work in the security and military fields, and in this context, the two sides reached a number of initiatives that would enhance cooperation and coordination in the following areas: “consultation in the field of security and military cooperation, enhancing cooperation in the field of cyber security, facilitating goods transit procedures.” and trucks across borders, facilitating the procedures for the transit of travelers through air and land ports, networking, and electronic linking between the ministries of interior in the two countries in a number of fields.

The two sides expressed the importance of strengthening and developing economic relations to serve common interests and increasing economic cooperation between them, and an agreement to enhance means of cooperation on international climate policies, and to focus on emissions rather than sources through the application of the circular economy approach to carbon, and the "Green Middle East" initiative. And seeking to establish a regional complex for the extraction, use and storage of carbon, in addition to cooperation in the field of hydrogen, developing technologies related to its transportation and storage, and exchanging expertise and experiences to implement best practices in the field of hydrogen projects, and enhancing cooperation in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean technologies for hydrocarbon resources, and developing projects related to The relationship with these areas, promoting the trade exchange of electric energy, benefiting from the electrical connection, exchanging experiences in energy sector projects, cooperating to stimulate innovation, applying emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence in the energy sector, and developing the incubating environment for it.

The two sides also agreed to activate a number of initiatives, including cooperation in the educational, sports, cultural, health and entertainment fields, in addition to coordination and media cooperation, and enhancing cooperation in the field of tourism, youth and social development. The two sides also agreed to cooperate and exchange experiences regarding non-profit organizations and ways to develop them in both countries, and to launch a number of initiatives dealing with the telecommunications, information technology, environment and infrastructure sectors.

At the conclusion of the work of the second meeting of the Council, the two Highnesses stressed the strong ties that unite the two brotherly countries based on solid historical foundations, and expressed their aspiration to the upcoming meetings of the Council to propose more common visions to strengthen and deepen relations between the two countries, and stressed the continuation of the two countries, God willing, on this. The approach to establishing a prosperous future in which more achievements are achieved for the development and prosperity of the two countries in order to achieve the aspirations of the two wise leaderships in enhancing security and stability.