Bahrain: US relations


Issue 1041 - 21 Jul 2017 | 1 minute read

Interior minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa held talks with US defence secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon on 13 July, with the discussion touching on arms sales and other aspects of defence co-operation, as well as the Qatar crisis and Manama’s fears of Iran. It was one of a number of meetings held by Sheikh Rashid during his time in Washington; others included secretary of homeland security John Kelly.

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