“All efforts must be united to ensure continuity of the national march and safeguard unity,” the cabinet heard as it convened today under the chairmanship of His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa at his palace in Riffa.
The ministers extended thanks to the GCC leaders for their $10 billion aid package to Bahrain in support of a massive development programme.
“The Cabinet highly values this gesture which underscores unity among the GCC countries,” the ministerial council asserted.
The cabinet reviewed implementation of vital projects covering various development sides including housing, infrastructure, electricity and water production and transmission network, education, health and social development.
HRH the Prime Minister instructed to prepare detailed annual development schemes according to a well-defined time schedule in order to ensure development projects cope with the demographic growth and guarantee optimum government services. He directed the ministerial committee for financial and economic affairs and the ministerial committee for social services, media, transportation and telecommunications sector to follow up on the development ventures.
The cabinet approved a plan to develop the Information Affairs Authority (IAA)’s media centre in light of IAA recommendations in this regard which were outlined in a memorandum forwarded by the Minister of Cabinet Affairs.
The ministerial council directed ministries and government bodies to assist IAA in this respect in order to enable the afore-mentioned centre to properly assume its media role.
The council approved and referred to the legislative power a draft law to ratify an agreement between Bahrain and Turkmenistan regarding promotion and protection of investments and a draft law to avoid double taxation between both countries.