The First Iraqi ambassador in Bahrain since 1990

The ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa in al-Manama on Wednesday received the credentials of Ali Sabti Muhammad al-Hadithi, as Iraq's first ambassador in Bahrain since Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in August 1990.

Both Bahrain and Iraq had reduced the level of their diplomatic representation following the Gulf crisis. In 2000 the two countries re-opened their two embassies in Baghdad and al-Manama and in the few past months Bahrain permitted sending people's delegations and foodstuffs and medical aids to Baghdad.