11 October 2016 — Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Alfonso A. Ver called on the highest leaders of the Kingdom’s parliament namely, Ali Bin Saleh Al Saleh, Chairman of the Shura Council (Upper House) and H.E. Ahmed Bin Ebrahim Rashid Al Mulla, Speaker of the Council of Representatives (Lower House).
Both leaders have been to the Philippines several times and would like to invite Philippine parliamentarians to visit Bahrain. The Shura Chair and the Council of Representatives Speaker expressed their desire to establish the enhance Philippines-Bahrain Inter-parliamentary relations with the establishment of friendship committees between the 17th Philippine Congress and the Bahrain Parliament. END