Flame of Peace Award bestowed on HRH Premier

Manama, Feb. 20 (BNA): The Vienna-based Peace Promotion Association granted His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Flame of Peace Award, making him the first Arab Premier to receive the prestigious honour. The prize was conferred on HRH the Prime Minister in tribute for his outstanding humanitarian role to promote global peace and boost relations between people. The Flame of Peace Award was incepted in 2007 as one of the association's key initiatives and is conferred on state and government leaders and dignitaries in tribute for their achievements in supporting global peace, coexistence and international cooperation in sustainable development and humanitarian initiatives. The Peace Promotion Association, which is presided by Her Imperial Highness Archduchess Herta Margarete Habsburg, decided to bestow the award on HRH the Premier in recognition of his pivotal role in fostering regional and global peace and security as well as his commitment to carrying out the millennium development goals which earned him the UN Millennium Development Goals Award for 2010. HRH the Prime Minister was also honoured for his policies advocating religious coexistence and the use of art to boost rapprochement between people and promote the culture of peace and coexistence.