Al-Wefaq said that the statements of the British ambassador contain some false information and a change of facts. "The statement attributed to the British ambassador contains information that is contrary to the truth, contradicts the Bahraini reality and presents a false picture of what is happening on the ground."

Bilateral trade between Bahrain and the UK reached about �1.1 billion (2018-March 2019), according to latest figures revealed two days ago.

President of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), Saeed Al-Faihani, received Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bahrain, Simon Martin, in the presence of the Institution's Vice President Abdullah Al-Drazi and Khalifa Al Fadhel the Acting Secretary-General.

British Ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin said �we are concerned with the terrorists Bahrain is facing and we took a stance in this regards. This is not limited to Bahrain only, but to the neighboring states as well. We are facing a challenge in security threat and we have to face these challenges together, because terrorism has no friend. We also refuse Iran�s threats to Bahrain and Gulf States.�

Bahrain is turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as Egypt, reported The Independent.

The British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain Simon Martin welcomed on the assessment of Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni regarding the implementation of the BICI recommendations.

British ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin condemned the attack in Karbabad which killed a policeman and seriously injured two others, as the Ministry of Interior announced.