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WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- President Donald Trump and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa each said it was a "great honor" for the two leaders to meet each other during a brief White House appearance Thursday.
"It's my great honor to have the crown prince of Bahrain in the Oval Office," Trump said.
"We've had a long relationship and a great relationship, and it will only get better. I can tell you they have been, and you have been, a great friend."
The Crown Prince said, "it's a great honor to be here. This is a very important trip for us."
"And indeed we are building on a 100-years relationship between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States, and the peoples of both countries have benefited from this relationship, and we continue to seek ways to strengthen that," he said. (end)
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