IISS Manama Dialogue - in pictures

  • People attend a speech by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin during the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital. All photos: AFP
    People attend a speech by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin during the 17th IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital. All photos: AFP
  • Ayman Safadi, Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, delivers a speech at the dialogue.
    Ayman Safadi, Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, delivers a speech at the dialogue.
  • Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speaks during the event.
    Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speaks during the event.
  • Itay Tagner, Israel's charge d'affaires to Bahrain, speaks to Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.
    Itay Tagner, Israel's charge d'affaires to Bahrain, speaks to Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.
  • Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit was among the officials in Manama.
    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit was among the officials in Manama.
  • Emirati military officers attend the event in the Bahraini capital.
    Emirati military officers attend the event in the Bahraini capital.
  • Bahraini female security officers at the dialogue.
    Bahraini female security officers at the dialogue.
  • Stacey Dixon, US principal deputy director for National Intelligence, speaks to a US Navy officer.
    Stacey Dixon, US principal deputy director for National Intelligence, speaks to a US Navy officer.
  • Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defence, and John Chipman, director general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which organised the dialogue.
    Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defence, and John Chipman, director general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which organised the dialogue.
  • A Royal Marines lieutenant general and captain arrive at the event.
    A Royal Marines lieutenant general and captain arrive at the event.
  • Najla Mangoush, Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs, attends the conference in Manama.
    Najla Mangoush, Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs, attends the conference in Manama.
  • Nayef Al Hajraf, Secretary General of the GCC, gives a speech at the event.
    Nayef Al Hajraf, Secretary General of the GCC, gives a speech at the event.
  • A French naval officer attends the Manama dialogue.
    A French naval officer attends the Manama dialogue.
  • An employee at the event cleans the podium between speeches.
    An employee at the event cleans the podium between speeches.
  • Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addresses the conference.
    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addresses the conference.
  • Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, speaks at the event in Manama.
    Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, speaks at the event in Manama.