Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa left the kingdom for a private visit abroad, the King of Bahrain's media adviser said on Twitter on Saturday.
DUBAI Bahrain’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa left the kingdom for a private visit abroad, the King of Bahrain’s media adviser said on Twitter on Saturday.
Khalifa, 84, has served as prime minister since the Sunni Muslim-led island kingdom declared independence from Britain in 1971.
Earlier this year he spent time in Germany for unspecified medical treatment, returning to Bahrain in March. [nL8N2BD7QX]
Bahrain is the home base of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
(Writing by Lisa Barrington; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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