Commander-in-chief receives South African military attaché

Manama, Dec. 26 (BNA): Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received here today the Riyadh-based South African Military Attaché to Bahrain, Colonel Dirk Jacobs.  The commander-in-chief welcomed the South African military attaché, and lauded relations between the two friendly countries.  Inspector-General Major-General Abdulla Hassan Al-Nuaimi, Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply and Catering Rear Admiral Yussif Ahmed Malallah, and Military Cooperation Director Rear Admiral Mohammed Hashim Al Sada, also attended.