Manama, Nov. 1 (BNA): Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, Defence Affairs Minister, hosted a dinner banquet in honour of Vice Admiral Charles B. Cooper II, Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, Commander of the US Fifth Fleet, and Commander of Combined Maritime Forces, and Commodore Philip Dennis, UK Maritime Component Command (UKMCC).

Colonel Joshua Lasky, Deputy Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command (Centcom) was delegated by Vice Admiral Cooper to attend the banquet.

Rear Admiral Mohammed Yousef Al Asam, Royal Bahrain Naval Force Commander; senior BDF officers and Colonel Christopher Floyd, the Military Attaché at the US embassy in Bahrain.

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