Bahrain, Japan talks held

Manama, May 10 (BNA): Premier's Court President Shaikh Hosam bin Isa Al-Khalifa has today received Japanese, Parliamentary Secretary of Defense Hirotaka Ishikawa and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takashi Uto and discussed strong bilateral relations. The Premier's Court President lauded solid historic relations bonding Bahrain and Japan, affirming the Kingdom's keenness on further bolstering joint cooperation. The Japanese officials also lauded steadily-growing cooperation and described relations bonding the two countries as a model cooperation, looking forward to developing joint ties further.