Bahraini Emir confers with former Egyptian premier

Emir of Bahrain Sheikh Issa bin Salman al-Khaliefa on Tuesday in Manama received former Egyptian Prime Minister Ali Lutfi, currently visiting Bahrain.

The Gulf News Agency said Sheikh Issa praised relations between Egypt and Bahrain and expressed hopes for further consolidation of these relations. Lutfi's visit to Bahrain comes at the invitation of the Bahraini minister of labor and social affairs to lecture in Bahrain about world changes and small industries.