Sheikh Mohamed accepts condolences from US Vice President Kamala Harris, Saudi Crown Prince, among others

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan continued to accept condolences from heads of state, government leaders, and delegates from nations around the world on the passing of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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The UAE President received Kamala Harris, US Vice President yesterday, who conveyed the condolences of US President Joe Biden on the demise of Sheikh Khalifa.

I traveled to the United Arab Emirates to express condolences on the passing Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who was a close friend of the U.S, and to make clear we will continue to deepen our partnership under UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed’s leadership. pic.twitter.com/Vj6liBXyNx

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 16, 2022

She led a delegation comprising Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State; Lloyd J. Austin, US Secretary of Defense; John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate; and CIA Director William Burns.

Sheikh Mohamed also received condolences from Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who conveyed the condolences of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.

Also offering their condolences were Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of Jordan; Ammar Al Hakim, Head of Iraq’s National Wisdom Movement; King Philippe of Belgium; Aleksandar Vucic, President of Serbia; Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic; Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger; Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq; President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti; Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan; Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore; Cindy Kero, New Zealand’s Governor-General; Dr. Rashad Al Alimi, President of Leadership Council in Yemen; Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya; Hossein Amir-Abdollahian; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran; Denis Manturov, Russian Minister of Trade and Industry; Liesje Schreinemacher, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands; and Robert Borje, Special Envoy of the President of Philippines.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs; Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin, Tajikistan Minister Of Economic Development and Trade; Rustem Umerov, Special Envoy of the President of Ukraine; General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan; Kenny Felix Haczynski Denobriga, Deputy Minister for Europe and the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Brazil; as well as an Afghani delegation, offered their condolences.

The world leaders and their accompanying delegations also congratulated Sheikh Mohamed on being elected as President of the UAE.

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