
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain received in Manama on Tuesday Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to US President Donald Trump, reported the Bahrain news agency (BNA).
Kushner is currently visiting the Kingdom, the first leg of a regional tour that includes a number of countries.
King Hamad reviewed with the US official the long-standing friendly Bahrain-US relations and ways to enhance them in various fields.
He expressed pride in the "strong strategic" relations between the two countries, praising the steady progress of bilateral cooperation in many fields, in light of the two friendly countries’ keenness to strengthen their joint ties.
For his part, Kushner lauded Bahrain’s stances in support of efforts to achieve peace and security in the region.