Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received Tuesday a message from Bahrain’s emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa on bilateral ties, reported Al Ahram daily.
The message was delivered by the Gulf state’s Crown Prince, sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who arrived in Cairo Monday.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters that the message dealt with “ways of boosting relations between the two brotherly countries in the various fields, especially trade and technology.”
He also said that the emir invited Mubarak to visit the Gulf state in the near future.
Maher added that that Mubarak and the Bahraini crown prince discussed during their meeting the “deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories.” – Albawaba.com
