KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has met the new United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan at Mushrif Place, Abu Dhabi at round midday native time.
According to Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, His Majesty was obtained by Sheikh Mohamed.
“During the face-to-face assembly that lasted nearly an hour, His Majesty conveyed his condolences to the President and the UAE authorities, and congratulated Sheikh Mohamed on his appointment because the new President and head of state of the UAE,” he stated in an announcement posted on the Istana Negara Facebook account on Monday (May 16).
According to Ahmad Fadil, the King additionally expressed his unhappiness over the demise of Sheikh Khalifa Zayed Al Nahyan, the previous UAE president and ruler of Abu Dhabi, and prayed that he could be blessed by Allah SWT and positioned among the many trustworthy.
He stated the King considered the demise of Sheikh Khalifa as a fantastic loss for UAE residents and different Arab nations and expressed his hope that his household would stay robust in coping with such a loss.
UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum, Fujarah ruler, Sheikh Hamad Mohammed Al Sharqi and Syarjah ruler, Sheikh Sultan Al Mohamed Al Qasimi and different UAE Cabinet ministers had been additionally current on the assembly.
According to Ahmad Fadil, His Majesty’s entourage to Mushrif Place included Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, Foreign Ministry Chief of Protocol Datuk Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah and Chief Protocol Officer of the Malaysian Government Datuk Rozainor Ramli.
He stated Malaysia and UAE had very cordial and shut bilateral relations in any respect ranges, together with between leaders and their folks, including that the King stated that the prevailing ties needs to be improved particularly in financial, commerce and funding issues.
“His Majesty’s go to to Abu Dhabi was on the private invitation of Sheikh Mohamed,” he added.
Other heads of state additionally visited the Mushrif Palace in the present day to satisfy Sheikh Mohamed and pay their final respects to Sheikh Khalifa. – Bernama
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