Bahrain says wants ‘peace, better relations’ with Israel
Tehran (KNA): Bahrain takes the lid off its longtime secret dealings with Israel, with its foreign minister openly saying that the Manama regime wants “peace” and “better” relations with the occupying entity.
Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifah of Bahrain made the remarks on Wednesday in an unprecedented interview with The Times of Israel on the sidelines of the Washington-sponsored Manama workshop on US President Donald Trump's highly-controversial Middle East deal.
The top Bahraini diplomat recognized Israel's "right to exietnce," saying the regime is "there to stay, of course."
"Who did we offer peace to [with] the [Arab] Peace Initiative?...We offered it to Israel," he said. "We want better relations with it, and we want peace with it."
The Arab initiative, which has been adopted by the Arab League, calls for the normalization of ties between Tel Aviv and Arab states in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from lands it occupied in the 1967 war, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem al-Quds and Syria's Golan Heights.
Source: PressTV