Bahrain Recruited 1,850 Security Personnel from Pakistan, Says FM Ishaq Dar
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that Bahrain has recruited more than 1,800 security personnel and officers from Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD — Bahrain has recruited more than 1,800 security personnel and officers from Pakistan, the South Asian nation's foreign minister said Thursday.
Ishaq Dar shared the information during the third session of the Pakistan-Bahrain Joint Ministerial Commission held in Islamabad and co-chaired by Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
"We thank, once again, for... recruiting in Bahrain National Guard, 1,800 soldiers from Pakistan, including 30 retired army officers," Dar said in his initial remarks, addressing his Bahraini counterpart.
"I assure you that they will do a great job," Dar told Al Zayani, according to a livestream of the meeting broadcast by the state-run Pakistan TV. "They will be very disciplined... known (as) best army" and para-military force "in the world," said Dar, thanking his Bahraini counterpart.
He added that 13 officers and 37 soldiers from Pakistan had also joined the Bahrain Coast Guard under an agreement signed on June 24 between the Pakistan Coast Guard and Bahrain's Interior Ministry.
Dar and Al Zayani also discussed the conflict in the Middle East and emphasized de-escalation of the US-Iran war and the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi.