Arab-Turkish Forum slated to be hosted in Manama on 31st March 2013

Manama: March 13 –-(BNA)– The 2nd Arab-Turkish Forum is slated to be hosted in Manama during the period 31 March to 2 2 April 2013. The first meeting was held in Istanbul, Turkey last December.

The Forum aims to explore the issue of the “Manama Declaration” per which this non-governmental regional meeting will be official incorporated in Istanbul as a private, non-profit making society.

A series of meetings and consultations are expected to be conducted on an informal basis in order to boost mutual understanding between modern Turkey and the Arab world in the light of fast transformations taking place in Arab-Turkish relations in order to deepen existing relations and find common grounds for cultural and economic cooperation.

The upcoming meeting will be attended by a number of co-founders: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Palestine. A large number of observers is also expected to attend the Arab-Turkish forum upon invitation.

The attendees and co-founders include: Shaikha Haya bint Rashid Al Khalifa (Bahrain), Mr. Irshad Hormuzlu (Turkey), Khalid Aron (Istanbul), Mr. Abdurrahman Al-Rashid (Al-Arabiya TV’s general director), Yasser AbdouRabou (former Palestinian Minister of Information) Mr. Saleh Ghallab (former Jordanian Minister of Information), Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi (Kuwait University’s professor of political sociology), Mr. Yasser Abdel-Ilah Al-Saadoon and a number of observers from inside the Kingdom of Bahrain and also from abroad. (IY)

via Bahrain News Agency | Arab-Turkish Forum slated to be hosted in Manama on 31st March 2013.