American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, honored Bahrain with its Architect of Peace award.
The award was presented in recognition of the vision of King Hamad, the role Bahrain has played in efforts to encourage understanding and interfaith respect and cooperation, and the courage, integrity, and humanity of the island kingdom’s chief diplomat.
Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, in New York to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly, said, “I am honored and humbled to receive this award on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain. We in Bahrain want to do our part in achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace. This is something that can be solved if we want to solve it.”
Following the award presentation, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, who has served as foreign minister since 2005, and Jason Isaacson, AJC’s Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer, engaged in a conversation on regional issues of shared concern, including the Iranian threat, the prospects for the peace process, and U.S.-Bahrain relations.
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