Issam Abdulaziz Al -Jassem, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the French Republic, stressed that the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly on January 28 of each year, the “International Day for Peaceful Coexistence” based on a Bahraini initiative presented by the King Hamad International Center for Peaceful Coexistence, is a international achievement that reflects the leadership of the Kingdom in consolidating the values of tolerance and dialogue between cultures and religions, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the king of the country, may God protect him He sponsored him, and the follow -up of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, may God protect him.
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Paris explained that this initiative devotes the Kingdom’s efforts to make peaceful coexistence as a basis for building stable societies, dependent on dialogue as a approach to promoting global peace, and rejecting the exciting discourse of the group and hatred, pointing to the Kingdom’s initiatives in this regard such as the establishment of the King Hamad International Center for peaceful coexistence, the launch of the King Hamad Award for peaceful coexistence, and the hosting of international conferences for dialogue between religions An international agreement to criminalize hate speech.