His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed receives Iraqi President.

Wed 14/11/2018
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​His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday, President Barham Ahmed Salih of Iraq.

An official reception ceremony was held upon President Salih's arrival, where the national anthem of Iraq was played, along with the firing of 21 artillery rounds to greet the country's guests.

President Salih was greeted by a number of senior officials, while Sheikh Mohamed greeted the senior officials accompanying the President of Iraq.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council, FNC; H.H. Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region; H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council; H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior; H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court; H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Sheikh Theyab bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan; Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Executive Director of the Martyrs Families' Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince; Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Minister of the Federal Supreme Council at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs; Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy; Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs; Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation; Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice; Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs; Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development; Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment; Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State; Dr. Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazroui, Secretary-General of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi; Jassim Mohammed Al Zaabi, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office; Lt. General Isa Saif bin Ablan Al Mazrouei, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces; Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Under-Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court; Jaber Mohammed Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, and Hasan Ahmed Al Shehhi, UAE Ambassador to Iraq.

Accompanying the Iraqi President were Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Salih Abdullah Jabouri, Minister of Industry; Moustafa Al Kazemi, Director of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, INIS, Asaad Abdulameer Al Eidani, Governor of Basra, and Raad Mohammad Rashad Alousi, Ambassador Iraq to the UAE.

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