Khalifa receives Germany’s President
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monady at Al Diyafa Palace has received Germany’s President German president Christian Wulff.
Upon arrival, the German President, accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was accorded an official reception ceremony where the national anthems of the two countries were played. Later President Wulff inspected the a guard of honour in the yard of the Palace.
The German President then was welcomed by H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President’s Representative, His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region, Mohammed Ahmed Al-Murr, speaker of Federal National Council,
Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler s Representative in the Eastern Region, H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, H.H Sheikh Eisa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of 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 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, H.H. Sheikh Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Etihad Airways, H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President’s Representative H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Advisor to the UAE President,
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Executive Council Member, Dr. Sheikh Saeed bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), Ahmed Juma Al Za’abi, Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, Mohammed Ahmed Al Mahmoud, Ambassador of the UAE to Germany, ministers and other senior officials.
Later, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan shook hands with members of the delegation accompanying the German president. These include Jochen Homann of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Dr Clemens von Goetze, Director-General for Foreign Affairs at the Office of the Federal President, Dagmar Freitag, Chair of the Parliament’s Sports Committee, Herbert Frankenhauser, Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee, Michael Glos and Gunter Gloser, members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Michael Hennrich, member of the Health Committee and Ambassador of Germany to the UAE Nikolai von Schoepff.
An honorary mission headed by UAE’s Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi is accompanying the visiting German President.
