Bahrain delegation participates in TFTC meeting

Riyadh, Jan. 27 (BNA): The delegation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, headed by Ambassador Nancy Abdullah Jamal, Chief of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has participated in the meeting of the Executive Committee of Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) and the related consultative discussions. The meetings were held in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the presence of Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Director of the Financial Intelligence Department at the Ministry of Interior and member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Bahrain. In her statement, Ambassador Nancy Abdullah Jamal affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain's commitment to supporting the international efforts to combat funding terrorism and promote security and stability in the region through its membership in the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center. She called for the need to coordinate regional efforts under the umbrella of the centre to protect the regional financial environment. She praised concerted efforts of the competent authorities in the Kingdom of Bahrain by holding capacity-building workshops affiliated with the Centre during the year 2021, in which more than 60 specialists have participated. She reviewed the national efforts to combat funding terrorism and enhance the Kingdom's international standing in peace and security-related issues. She also presented proposals based on the relevant priorities of the Kingdom of Bahrain, which the Centre and its members can adopt in the future, in the interest of the region and its security and stability. The meeting was attended by members of the Executive Committee of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC), and representatives of the member states. It is worth noting that the meeting comes as the first in-person one of the Executive Committee after two years of virtual meetings, emphasising the importance of concerted and intensified efforts in fighting terrorism and its funding.