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Al-Ghafili: maritime security is a basic pillar for the stability of global trade and energy markets

Manama, Bahrain ·

The 22nd session of the Manama Dialogue, a regional security forum hosted in Manama, has opened. A Saudi delegation led by Lt Gen Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ghafili, deputy chief of the General Staff, is attending along with a defence ministry team, and high-level international delegations including ministers, security officials and military commanders are taking part.

The Manama Dialogue is an annual regional security forum held in Bahrain and organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It brings together defence and security officials from the Gulf, the wider Middle East and other partners to discuss regional security.

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