MANAMA/BAGHDAD, Mar 29 (NNN-BNA/NINA) – Bahrain’s foreign ministry, yesterday summoned Iraq’s Charge d’Affaires in Manama, Muayyad Omar Abdul Rahman, to protest the latter’s “repeated violations of diplomatic norms.”
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, handed the Iraqi envoy an official letter, to protest his recent behaviour that does not comply with diplomatic protocols and his diplomatic duties.
Al Zayani described the behaviour as unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain, contradicting the principles governing relations between states under the UN Charter.
Later in the day, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the return of Abdul Rahman to the ministry’s headquarters in Baghdad, over a request by Bahrain.
“This measure came, to enhance the status of Iraqi diplomacy, which the ministry pursues in preserving diplomatic norms,” Iraqi foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed al-Sahaf, said, in a statement, without giving further details about recalling its charge d’affaires from Bahrain.– NNN-BNA/NINA
