VP Harris To Lead US Delegation To UAE To Pay Respects For Death Of Sheikh Khalifa
Date
5/15/2022 8:58:07 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
US President Joe Biden announced that Vice President Kamala
Harris will lead the delegation visiting the UAE to pay respects
upon the death of sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, the White House said on
Sunday, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya .
The delegation, due to arrive in the UAE on Monday, will include
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd
Austin, Director of the CIA William Burns, and Special Presidential
Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
Those officials will also be joined by Deputy Assistant to the
President and Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa,
National Security Council Brett McGurk and Special Assistant to the
President and Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa,
National Security Council Barbara Leaf.
Sheikh Khalifa, the late president of the UAE, died on Friday at
the age of 74. The country's ministry of presidential affairs
announced a forty-day state of mourning.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, was elected president of the UAE on
Saturday after the Federal Supreme Council.
Biden congratulated Sheikh Mohammed for the presidency, affirmed
that Washington was determined to strengthen its ties strategic
partnership with Abu Dhabi over the coming years.
“The UAE is an essential partner of the United States… I look
forward to working with Sheikh Mohammed to build from this
extraordinary foundation to further strengthen the bonds between
our countries and peoples,” the White House quoted Biden as saying
in a statement.
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