Kingdom's Ambassador to France presents credentials to Pope Francis

Rome, Dec. 29 (BNA): The Kingdom of Bahrain's Ambassador to the French Republic Dr. Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar extended the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, and Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the first Deputy Prime Minister His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to His Holiness Pope Francis, and their best wishes to the Government and people of Vatican City State further progress and prosperity. This came during Dr. Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar presented copies of his credentials to Pope Francis as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Vatican City State based in Paris. The Pope expressed his wishes of further development and progress in all fields to the King, government and people of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and wished the ambassador every success in his duties.