Manama: Bahrain's government has condemned the terrorist attacks on Friday in Kuwait, Tunisia and France and called for concerted international efforts to counter terrorism firmly and vigorously.
"The cabinet has affirmed that terrorism and extremist groups aim to destabilise countries and sow sedition among their citizens," Secretary-General of the Cabinet Dr. Yasser Al Nasser said following the weekly session chaired by Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa.
"The Premier issued directives to the competent parties to take firm action against terrorism, review security measures and be more cautious and vigilant. It also strongly condemned and denounced the criminal terror blast that targeted worshippers at the Imam Al Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait, leaving hundreds of innocent people killed and injured," he said.
The cabinet stressed that such an evil terrorist act, as well as those who carried it out or incited it, had nothing to do with Islam, Al Nasser added.
"The act of terrorism encroached on the sanctity of houses of worship. The deviant extremist ideology is alien to Islam and to Muslims," the cabinet said as it offered its condolences and consolation to the Kuwaiti Amir, government, people and the martyrs’ families, wishing the wounded speedy recovery.
"The cabinet reiterates Bahrain’s full-fledged support to brotherly Kuwait and backs all the measures it deems necessary to reinforce its security and stability. It stresses that the security of Kuwait and that of Bahrain are integral and indivisible and expresses confidence in the ability of the State of Kuwait, under the leadership of Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, to address the aftermath of the cowardly terror incident so that Kuwait remains an oasis of security and stability."
The government also condemned the terrorist attacks on a UAE aid convoy in Somalia and on a hotel in the Tunisian coastal city of Sousse that claimed the lives of foreign tourists and Tunisian citizens.
The cabinet expressed solidarity with Tunisia and support to all the measures it takes to ensure the security of its citizens and residents, offering condolences and consolation to the families of the innocent victims, and to the Tunisian people, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.
The terror attack that targeted a gas factory in Lyon, France, killing one person and injuring another, was also denounced by the cabinet as it expressed solidarity with France.
