Manama, Lieutenant General Abdulla bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, Minister of Defense Affairs, received Dr. Bastian Giegerich, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institution for Strategic Studies (IISS), along with retired Air Marshal Martin Sampson, Executive Director of IISS in the Middle East. The minister commended the advanced level of research and studies conducted by IISS and efforts in organising international conferences and providing consultancy services. Source: Bahrain News Agency