Condolences pour in as nation mourns

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday received at Al Wajba Palace more heads of states and foreign dignitaries who arrived here to pay tributes to the departed H H Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.

Emir and Father Emir received condolences from Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of of Yemen Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, Ruler of Ajman Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who offered their  condolences on the death of the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. UAE Vice-President conveyed the condolences of President

H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Emir, the Father Emir, the house of Al Thani and the Qatari people on the death of the Grandfather Emir.

Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud offered condolences on the death of the Grandfather Emir. The Saudi crown prince was accompanied by Prince Salman bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Nawaf bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Prince Al Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also offered condolences on the death of the Grandfather Emir.

Emir and Father Emir also received Adviser to H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said of the Sultanate of Oman, Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, Representative of H M King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco Prince Moulay Rachid, and former president of the Republic of Sudan Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar Al Dahab, Eng. Ibrahim Mohamed Hamid, assistant of President of Sudan Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir and President of Afghanistan Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani who expressed their condolences.

Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Ernesto Maduro, Head of Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement Rashid Ghannouchi and Prince Sultan Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, President and Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, also offered condolences.

The Emir of Kuwait was accompanied by Sheikh Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, Sheikh Faisal Al Saud Al Mohammad Al Sabah, Kuwait National Guard’s (KNG) Deputy Chief Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Minister of Emiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah.

Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani was also present along with H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, Personal Representative of the Emir H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani,

H H Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani, H E Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa Al Thani, and a number of Their Excellencies sons of the Father Emir.